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two worlds...the real world,
where we're at the mercy of

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circumstance, and the world
within, the unconscious,

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a safe place where we can
escape.

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The Maxx shifts between these
worlds...against his will.

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Here, homeless, he lives
in a box in an alley.

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The only one who really cares
for him is Julie Winters,

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a freelance social worker.

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But in Pangaea, the other world,
he rules the Outback

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and is the protector of Julie,
his Jungle Queen.

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- There, he cares for her.

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But he always ends up
back in the real world.

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And me, old Mr. Gone...

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Only I can see that
the secret which unites them

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could destroy them.

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I could be helpful.

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Ah, screw it!

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I think I'll have some fun
with them, first.

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- MAXX NARRATES:
interesting species of predator

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and prey sheltered within the
broad grassy spaces and massed

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granite tarns of the Outback.

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One of these is
the Outback Slug.

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It can leap nearly a quarter
mile straight into the air.

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But it has never mastered
the ability...

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to land.

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- It has no predators.

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It is just stupid.

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On the other hand,
the Great Northern Crabbit

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can land and jump.

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But is has a natural enemy...
the Isz.

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The Isz can jump and land
and has no predators.

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Unless you count...

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Me!

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- REPORTER: The 12th victim
of the man known as Mr. Gone

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and the cops are baffled.

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How can we stop this
murdering thug?

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How can we...

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- JULIE NARRATES: As we walk
back home, my mind wanders

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across all the lonely,
misguided people in this

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dark city.

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Lots of other people could use
my help, but somehow I always

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come back to old Maxx.

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Geez, the poor guy doesn't
have a clue.

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- CREATURE: Oh...

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- JULIE: Every time he gets
into trouble...

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- MAN IN WINDOW:

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- JULIE: He goes into this,
"in another world I was

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protecting my Jungle Queen"
crap.

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Can't blame the guy, though.

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If I was a purple homeless guy,
I guess I'd reduce my social

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worker to a bikini-clad jungle
bimbo who needs my help, too.

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At least in his dreams,
he's some kind of superhero.

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- JULIE: Boy, this city's full
of people who are experts at

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avoiding reality...and with
good reason.

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- JULIE: I'm not sure any
of us wants to know what goes

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on out there at 3:00 a.m.

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in some stink-ridden alley.

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God-knows-who
doing god-knows-what.

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Best not to think about it.

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Just push it down and go on.

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- JULIE: Maxx thinks I'm
an extremist, but come on.

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Guys are saying that sometimes
"No" means "Yes."

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- JULIE: And, honestly,
sometimes it does.

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But I don't think any guy that's
pulled himself off a crying

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woman has been confused for
a second about what she wanted.

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- JULIE: Maxx thinks I'm
heartless, too, and maybe I am.

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Or maybe I care too much.

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But I have my fortress,
warm and dry...far away from

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the twisted city below.

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- MAXX: They come out of
the ground, pulling me down.

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I have to fight back
or be destroyed!

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Then I wake up.

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As usual, it was all a dream.

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- Ally-oop, snooks.

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It's almost night.

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This is my house, not a hotel.

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I got you a coat and hat so you
won't be quite so conspicuous.

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Not that being large, purple,
and violent isn't a good

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disguise.

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- You got any toast?

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- JULIE: Somebody once said,
a liberal is a conservative

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who's never been mugged.

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A few years ago, I wouldn't have
laughed.

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But, today, I'm not so sure.

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- So, Glorie, where'd you get
the knife?

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- From my Pop...for protection.

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He says it's dangerous
around here.

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- Oh.

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So, what do you wanna do while
the jackets dry?

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- I dunno.

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I feel really existential today,
like Darby O'Gill and the Little

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People or something.

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Huh?

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Hey, Tommy, cut it out, okay!

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Just 'cause we're dryin' our
jackets together doesn't mean

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you get touching privileges.

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Get us some cokes, 'kay?

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And cool off.

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- Sure, Glorie.

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Geez, don't get mad.

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- Doof.

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Huh?

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Who's there?

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- MR. GONE NARRATES:
I can feel the machines begin to

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leap and belch in my presence.

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I can hear the beating of her
heart.

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She is like a small,
delicious slug.

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I have only to close my hand
to possess her.

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- Hi, Honey, I'm home.

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- TOMMY: Listen, Glorie,
if you're always going to send

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me out to buy cokes and burgers
and stuff, then were goin'

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steady.

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Yeah, that's what I'll say.

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And if we're going steady,
then that means...

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Glorie?

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Oh, wow.

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Oh...

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- JULIE: Try not to get into
any fights, okay, Maxx?

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- MAXX: Yesterday, that woman
I was trying to save was

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attacked.

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It said so on the news.

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I should do something
about that.

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- Spoken like a true fanatic.

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A few women who can't take care
of themselves get messed with

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and you ride to the rescue.

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- Who are you to assume
responsibility for their lives?

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- I am the Maxx.

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Answer your phone.

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- Hello?

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- MALE VOICE:

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The others cry out for you,
Julie Winters.

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Their screams of agony are
the kisses that I place along

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your neck.

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- That's very interesting.

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Tell me more.

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Doubtless one of your friends in
the Police Department has tapped

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this line.

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No matter.

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I'm having a servant of mine
place this call.

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- Hey, don't I know that guy?

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What's he doing with two phones
and why doesn't anyone else

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notice he's only a foot
and a half high?

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- MAXX:

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He's one of those underground
things from my dream...only black

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and faster.

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Rats, too narrow.

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But it's slowing him down, too.

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Maybe enough for me to cut
around and nab him.

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Now, easy...

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- Crap, didn't know they
could jump.

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Gotcha!

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Now what do I do with him?

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- Don't jump at me,
you little...

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Gone!

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Damn!

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But if he can bite through
steel, why is he running away

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from...
Crap!

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- Greetings, Br'er Lappin.

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Who the hell are you?

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- Amazing.

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You really don't remember any
of it...not the girl or the Isz

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or the blood lust...

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or me!

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- Then it wasn't all a dream.

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Unless I'm dreaming now.

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- Too bad.

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I normally hate killing
amnesiacs.

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- Oh, god...

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Now I remember.

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It was all coming back to me.

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I can feel the hot sun on my
back skin and the grasses under

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my toes.

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Those little creatures were Isz,
but twisted and changed by being

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moved to this world.

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- True enough.

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Too bad you'll be eaten before
you have the chance to mutter

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this to anyone.

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- Damn, still talking out loud.

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- MAN: Safe home, dear friends,
and come again, to behold the

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mysteries of MTV's "Oddities."