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+ | |title = Masked Mutant |
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+ | File:Libby - Attack of the Mutant (TV Episode).png{{!}}TV (Libby) |
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+ | |first_appearance = ''[[Attack of the Mutant]]'' ([[1994]]) |
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+ | |latest_appearance = ''[[Goosebumps HorrorTown]]'' ([[2019]]) |
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|nicknames = Libby |
|nicknames = Libby |
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|alignment = Evil |
|alignment = Evil |
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|species = Mutant |
|species = Mutant |
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|gender = Male |
|gender = Male |
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− | |portrayed_by = Scott Wickware (TV series)<br> |
+ | |portrayed_by = Scott Wickware (TV series)<br>Jim Belushi (1997 video game)<br>Townsend Coleman (audiobook) |
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==History== |
==History== |
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===''[[Attack of the Mutant]]''=== |
===''[[Attack of the Mutant]]''=== |
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− | [[Skipper Matthews]] loves comic books. His favorite series is ''The Masked Mutant'', a comic series about a shapeshifting villain named the [[Masked Mutant]]. |
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+ | The Masked Mutant is an evil supervillain who has the power to turn into anything in order to defeat his enemies, which includes The League of Good Guys, led by the super fast [[The Galloping Gazelle|Galloping Gazelle]]. One day he got bored of them and wanted a new challenge — a new foe for his stories. So, he disguised himself as a girl named Libby; on a bus ride, he meets [[Skipper Matthews]], his biggest fan. |
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− | One day, Skipper has to go to the orthodontist. While riding the bus there, he meets a girl who introduces herself as Libby Zacks. After talking for a while, Skipper realizes that he doesn't know where the bus is. Skipper gets off the bus and sees a tall, pink building. The structure looks exactly like the Masked Mutant's headquarters. Skipper, not wanting to be late for his appointment, doesn't have time to investigate. |
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+ | Skipper started noticing the mutant's building and how it would sometimes vanish. The comics started publishing issues with him in it. When one comic depicted The Galloping Gazelle tied up in the Mutant's HQ, so he went there to rescue him. He rescues him, but Gazelle's plan to trip up the Mutant failed, so he ran off when the Mutant turned into a leopard. |
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− | Skipper doesn't get a chance to go back to the building until a week later. He rides the bus to the same spot as last time, but he discovers that the building has seemingly vanished, leaving only an empty lot. Skipper eventually goes home, and he's been delivered another entry of ''The Masked Mutant''. In the story, the Masked Mutant disguises his headquarters with an invisibility curtain. Skipper deduces that the building from early must have been disguised in a similar way. |
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⚫ | The Mutant reveals to Skipper that he is actually Libby, and that a light that had shone on Skipper when he first entered the headquarters turned him into a comic book character. Thinking fast, Skipper claimed that he was The Colossal Elastic Boy, and he can only be defeated by [[Wikipedia:Sulfuric acid|sulfuric acid]]. The Mutant turns himself into a wave of acid, which Skipper dodges. As a result, The Mutant is defeated because he can only change back when he turns into a solid object. |
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− | Skipper eventually gets back on the bus. He meets Libby and tries to explain his theory. Libby is skeptical, but she agrees to investigate the seemingly empty lot with Skipper. As the kids walk farther into the lot, the building appears before them. Skipper sneaks inside the building, and Libby reluctantly follows. A yellow light shoots out of a wall and onto Skipper, but he can't discern what it was supposed to do. The two kids enter an elevator. The elevator unexpectedly takes the kids down. When the doors open, the kids are greeted with what appears to be a basement. None of the elevator's buttons seem to do anything, so they are forced to get out. As Skipper is walking, he notices that he's become separated from Libby. Skipper finds a room filled with drawings for ''The Masked Mutant'', and he begins to suspect that he's in the production headquarters for the series. However, Skipper's excitement is cut short when he finds sketches of himself. Libby finds Skipper, and she convinces him to leave. |
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− | Skipper makes it home, and he's received another issue of ''The Masked Mutant''. The comic declares that the titular villain has a new foe. The story depicts Skipper sneaking into the Masked Mutant's headquarters to save [[the Galloping Gazelle]], a hero in the series. Skipper ends up heading back to the headquarters, suspecting that the Galloping Gazelle really is in danger. Inside, Skipper enters an elevator, and it takes him up to the top floor without being prompted. There, Skipper find The Galloping Gazelle, who has been tied to a chair. Skipper unties the hero, and the two leave in search of the Masked Mutant. |
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⚫ | The Masked Mutant is bent on transforming the real world into a comic book. He has constructed a "Green Beam" machine that can convert people and buildings into comic book drawings. When the villainous Mutant encounters the player during the final confrontation, the player destroys a tank of "Slima-Bean Juice" behind him. He is drenched in the green ooze and starts sobbing, as he shrinks away into nothing. Everything affected by the Green Beam reverts to normal afterwards. |
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− | The duo finds the the Masked Mutant, and the Galloping Gazelle runs around him, attempting to use his super-speed to cause a whirlwind. The Masked Mutant easily trips the hero. The Mutant turns into a leopard, and the Galloping Gazelle runs away, leaving Skipper on his own with the villain. The Masked Mutant wants to know what Skipper's superpowers are, but Skipper insists that he doesn't have any. The villain lifts Skipper into the air, but Libby enters the room. The Masked Mutant tells Libby that she isn't allowed to leave. Libby pulls out a toy gun and aims it at the villain. She insists that — if they're in a comic — they can do anything that they want. She pulls the trigger, and the gun shoots out a beam, dissolving the evil-doer. Skipper is initially happy, but he watches Libby transform into the Masked Mutant. The Masked Mutant reveals that the villain who was disintegrated was [[Magnificent Molecule Man|the Magnificent Molecule Man]], who was filling in for the Mutant. As Skipper slowly learns that Libby was never real. The Mutant explains that he wants new foes, and — because Skipper is knowledgeable about the series — he would make a great character. The light that had shone on Skipper when he first entered the headquarters turned him into a comic book character. |
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− | Gleefully, Skipper goes home, and he decides to cut himself a piece of cake. While doing this, Skipper accidentally nicks his hand with a knife, but blood does not come out of the cut. Skipper bleeds ink, revealing that his career in comics isn't over. |
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⚫ | The Masked Mutant is bent on transforming the real world into a comic book. He has constructed a "Green Beam" machine that can convert people and buildings into comic book drawings. When the villainous Mutant encounters the player during the final confrontation, the player destroys a tank of "Slima-Bean Juice" behind him. He is drenched in the green ooze and starts sobbing, as he shrinks away into nothing. Everything affected by the Green Beam reverts |
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The Masked Mutant was a tall and powerful-looking man. He wears a dark blue and orange costume, cape and mask. In the video game, his suit is dark purple and yellow, and he has yellow lenses over the eye holes of his cowl. |
The Masked Mutant was a tall and powerful-looking man. He wears a dark blue and orange costume, cape and mask. In the video game, his suit is dark purple and yellow, and he has yellow lenses over the eye holes of his cowl. |
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When disguised as Libby Zacks, The Mutant appeared as a young girl with carrot-colored hair tied back into a single braid. Libby also had green eyes and light freckles on her nose. |
When disguised as Libby Zacks, The Mutant appeared as a young girl with carrot-colored hair tied back into a single braid. Libby also had green eyes and light freckles on her nose. |
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+ | ===Personality=== |
− | The Masked Mutant acted in just the way the classic supervillain would act. He was deceitful and sadistic and he was really bent on world domination and he was the most fearsome supervillain ever created. He was very sneaky, considering that he was able to hide from The League of Good Guys with his power to transform into anything solid and he was always determined to annihilate his arch-enemies and he hated it when any of them interfered with his plans. |
+ | The Masked Mutant acted in just the way the classic supervillain would act. He was deceitful and sadistic and he was really bent on world domination and he was the most fearsome supervillain ever created. He was very sneaky, considering that he was able to hide from The League of Good Guys with his power to transform into anything solid and he was always determined to annihilate his arch-enemies and he hated it when any of them interfered with his plans. Also, he was very capable of lying, and even added that it was one of his better qualities. |
+ | The Masked Mutant was always determined to find new faces, good characters and good foes for his stories (this could be an indication that he was bored with fighting the same arch-enemies over and over again, and wanted to find something new for what he thought was a good challenge.). But he would always be sure that it would be over for his new foes as well. The Masked Mutant may have been evil, but he had a tendency to underestimate his enemies, which led to his downfall. |
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⚫ | The Masked Mutant was a comic book villain with the power to alter his molecular form to transform into any solid. There was a set-back, though. Once he transformed into any kind of liquid, he could not ever change back to his normal self. However it's revealed in Goosebumps HorrorTown that he managed fix this weakness not too long ago. |
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⚫ | '''Shapeshifting:''' The Masked Mutant was a comic book villain with the power to alter his molecular form to transform into any solid. There was a set-back, though. Once he transformed into any kind of liquid, he could not ever change back to his normal self. However, it's revealed in ''[[Goosebumps HorrorTown]]'' that he managed fix this weakness not too long ago. |
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+ | '''Teleportation:''' This power is introduced in the Television adaption of the book, the Masked Mutant commonly teleports in Part II, just before his death. |
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** ''Attack of the Mutant'' |
** ''Attack of the Mutant'' |
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+ | ====Television and film==== |
* Television series: |
* Television series: |
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− | ** [[:Category:Season 2|Season 2]] - [[Attack of the Mutant/TV episode| |
+ | ** [[:Category:Season 2|Season 2]] - "[[Attack of the Mutant/TV episode|Attack of the Mutant]]" |
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+ | ====Video games==== |
− | * [[Attack of the Mutant (video game)| |
+ | * ''[[Attack of the Mutant (video game)|Attack of the Mutant]]'' |
* ''[[Goosebumps HorrorTown]]'' |
* ''[[Goosebumps HorrorTown]]'' |
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+ | == Quotes == |
− | * Scott Wickware ''(television series)'' |
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− | * James Belushi ''(video game)'' |
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+ | * "You're old, Gazelle. You're over the hill. It's time to retire ... permanently!" |
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+ | * "I'll try not to leave any squid marks" |
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+ | * "I can't let you leave. You belong here now!" |
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+ | * "Yes, I'm a liar! It's one of my better qualities. But I'm not lying this time. You're not real anymore" |
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+ | * "You're a comic book character. Just like me!" |
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+ | * "I'm gonna tear you into pieces, and then tear your pieces into pieces!" |
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+ | * "You tricked me! The great Masked Mutant tricked by a boy!" |
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+ | ==Gallery== |
+ | ===Regional depictions === |
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+ | TheMaskedMutantUKCover.png|The Masked Mutant as depicted on the [[Goosebumps (original series)/UK releases|UK cover]] of ''Attack of the Mutant''. |
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+ | Masked Mutant - French Depiction.png|The Masked Mutant as depicted on the [[Goosebumps/French releases|French cover]] of ''Attack of the Mutant''. |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | ===TV series=== |
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− | Screen Shot 2014-09-06 at 9.22.28 pm.png|The Mutant melting |
+ | Screen Shot 2014-09-06 at 9.22.28 pm.png|The Mutant melting. |
− | Screen Shot 2014-09-06 at 9.22.45 pm.png|The Mutant's death |
+ | Screen Shot 2014-09-06 at 9.22.45 pm.png|The Mutant's death. |
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+ | ===Miscellaneous=== |
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+ | GTH masked mutant spawn.png|The Masked Mutant as he is seen in ''Goosebumps HorrorTown''. |
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+ | Mutant's Headquarters book depiction.png|Masked Mutant's Headquarters as depicted on the cover of ''[[Attack of the Mutant]]''. |
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+ | Mutant's Headquarters game depiction.png|Masked Mutant's Headquarters as it appears in the 1997 video game, ''[[Attack of the Mutant (video game)|Attack of the Mutant]]''. |
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+ | Mutant base GHT.png|Masked Mutant's Headquarters as it appears in ''[[Goosebumps HorrorTown]]''. |
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+ | File:Masked Mutant DVD.png|The Masked Mutant as depicted on the DVD cover of the Attack of the Mutant episode. |
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+ | File:Attack of the Mutant Sketch 01.jpg|Early concept sketch by [[Tim Jacobus]] |
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+ | File:Attack of the Mutant Sketch 02.jpg|Early concept sketch by [[Tim Jacobus]] |
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+ | *The Masked Mutant's voice actor for the audiobook, [[Wikipedia:Townsend Coleman|Townsend Coleman]], is best known for voicing Michelangelo in the 1987 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series. |
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+ | **Coleman's voice in the audiobook is similar to the voice he uses for [[Wikipedia:Tick (comics)|The Tick]] in the 1994 ''[[Wikipedia:The Tick (1994 TV series)|The Tick]]'' animated series. |
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+ | *In Horrortown, while disguised as Libby, it's revealed that the Masked Mutant knows how to play the flute. |
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Latest revision as of 00:35, 13 March 2024
The Masked Mutant is a supervillain and the main antagonist in the twenty-fifth Goosebumps book, Attack of the Mutant, as well as its television adaptation.
History
Attack of the Mutant
The Masked Mutant is an evil supervillain who has the power to turn into anything in order to defeat his enemies, which includes The League of Good Guys, led by the super fast Galloping Gazelle. One day he got bored of them and wanted a new challenge — a new foe for his stories. So, he disguised himself as a girl named Libby; on a bus ride, he meets Skipper Matthews, his biggest fan.
Skipper started noticing the mutant's building and how it would sometimes vanish. The comics started publishing issues with him in it. When one comic depicted The Galloping Gazelle tied up in the Mutant's HQ, so he went there to rescue him. He rescues him, but Gazelle's plan to trip up the Mutant failed, so he ran off when the Mutant turned into a leopard.
The Mutant reveals to Skipper that he is actually Libby, and that a light that had shone on Skipper when he first entered the headquarters turned him into a comic book character. Thinking fast, Skipper claimed that he was The Colossal Elastic Boy, and he can only be defeated by sulfuric acid. The Mutant turns himself into a wave of acid, which Skipper dodges. As a result, The Mutant is defeated because he can only change back when he turns into a solid object.
Video game
The Masked Mutant is bent on transforming the real world into a comic book. He has constructed a "Green Beam" machine that can convert people and buildings into comic book drawings. When the villainous Mutant encounters the player during the final confrontation, the player destroys a tank of "Slima-Bean Juice" behind him. He is drenched in the green ooze and starts sobbing, as he shrinks away into nothing. Everything affected by the Green Beam reverts to normal afterwards.
General information
Physical appearance
The Masked Mutant was a tall and powerful-looking man. He wears a dark blue and orange costume, cape and mask. In the video game, his suit is dark purple and yellow, and he has yellow lenses over the eye holes of his cowl.
When disguised as Libby Zacks, The Mutant appeared as a young girl with carrot-colored hair tied back into a single braid. Libby also had green eyes and light freckles on her nose.
Personality
The Masked Mutant acted in just the way the classic supervillain would act. He was deceitful and sadistic and he was really bent on world domination and he was the most fearsome supervillain ever created. He was very sneaky, considering that he was able to hide from The League of Good Guys with his power to transform into anything solid and he was always determined to annihilate his arch-enemies and he hated it when any of them interfered with his plans. Also, he was very capable of lying, and even added that it was one of his better qualities.
The Masked Mutant was always determined to find new faces, good characters and good foes for his stories (this could be an indication that he was bored with fighting the same arch-enemies over and over again, and wanted to find something new for what he thought was a good challenge.). But he would always be sure that it would be over for his new foes as well. The Masked Mutant may have been evil, but he had a tendency to underestimate his enemies, which led to his downfall.
Powers
Shapeshifting: The Masked Mutant was a comic book villain with the power to alter his molecular form to transform into any solid. There was a set-back, though. Once he transformed into any kind of liquid, he could not ever change back to his normal self. However, it's revealed in Goosebumps HorrorTown that he managed fix this weakness not too long ago.
Teleportation: This power is introduced in the Television adaption of the book, the Masked Mutant commonly teleports in Part II, just before his death.
List of appearances
Books
- Goosebumps
- Goosebumps Presents
- Attack of the Mutant
Television and film
- Television series:
Video games
Quotes
- "You're old, Gazelle. You're over the hill. It's time to retire ... permanently!"
- "I'll try not to leave any squid marks"
- "I can't let you leave. You belong here now!"
- "Yes, I'm a liar! It's one of my better qualities. But I'm not lying this time. You're not real anymore"
- "You're a comic book character. Just like me!"
- "I'm gonna tear you into pieces, and then tear your pieces into pieces!"
- "You tricked me! The great Masked Mutant tricked by a boy!"
Gallery
Regional depictions
TV series
Miscellaneous
Trivia
- The Masked Mutant is a fictional comic book series created by Jimmy Starenko, a likely reference to real-life comic artist, writer and publisher Jim Steranko.
- The Masked Mutant's actor, Scott Wickware, also voiced The Haunted Mask in The Haunted Mask II and played a Hard Hat Worker in Welcome to Dead House.
- The Masked Mutant's voice actor for the audiobook, Townsend Coleman, is best known for voicing Michelangelo in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series.
- In Horrortown, while disguised as Libby, it's revealed that the Masked Mutant knows how to play the flute.