Mixel Moon Madness

"We've been... abducted... by moon men!"

- Flamzer, Burnard and Meltus respectively

Mixel Moon Madness, also referred to as Moon Madness Special, is the first episode in the second season of Mixels, and the twenty-second episode overall. It is also the second half-hour special, and the second season premiere. It first aired on March 9, 2015.

ToonZone
A relaxing Infernite camping trip turns into a crazy alien abduction that reveals even more fantastical Mixels on the moon.

Cartoon Network
Get ready for a massive Mixels adventure that will take you all the way to the moon!

Act I
In the Magma Wastelands, the Infernites have gone away for a camping trip. Once they arrive in the perfect spot for the night, Flamzer asks Burnard if he brought any of the camping supplies with him. Instead, he finds that Burnard didn't take anything with him; no tent, no sleeping bags, no snacks, no anything. Burnard does, however, pull out a large ice cube from his backpack as a substitute for a campfire. Flamzer is hasty to use the cube, as it may start a forest freeze. He is eventually persuaded to use it by Burnard, who seems happy about the whole thing, and they settle down for the night. Meltus happened to bring Weenie Burgers with him, and Burnard brought Mixmallows, so they eat up.

The Infernites were all hungry, and they were ready to cook their food. Meltus' allergies kicked in then, and he accidentally burns his Weenie Burger, while Flamzer enjoys his unharmed Mixmallows. Meltus's allergies continue to get worse, causing Burnard to fall out laughing. Flamzer is extremely cautious, starting to ramble on about camp safety so nobody would end up hurting themselves. Burnard gets the idea to use ice water, and then got some to help get some to keep the cube from melting. But the water begins to spiral out of control, and it starts to freeze Flamzer and Meltus. Burnard immediately springs into action, runs to the cooler and finds three Cubits; he and Meltus combine, but they made a Murp. Trying again, they make another Murp. Finally, when they use the third Cubit, they make a Mix and melt away all of the ice before Flamzer is completely frozen.

After un-Mixing and sitting by the ice cube for a while, three Nixels are watching the Infernites, and they begin to make hooting noises. Looking at the moon, Burnard and Meltus suggest someone tell a story, and Flamzer is happy to oblige. In the story, one day the Infernites were taking a stroll, but they noticed that they were being stalked by something: the Mixel Moon. The Infernites noticed and began to run, and the moon quickly followed suit. During the chase, the moon somehow transformed into a ship-space, with an arm reaching out and grabbing the Infernites to pull them back in. The ship-space then blasted back up to the real Mixel Moon, and landed by the futuristic metropolis Orbitopia. The Infernites and the Orbitons got out of the ship, with the latter welcoming them to the moon.

The Infernites, however, do not take their abduction lightly, and quickly Max to attack their abductors. The Orbitons also Max in retaliation, and they fly into the sky for an epic battle; but instead, both of them realize they are both friendly, and quickly fly back down to the ground and separate. Afterwards, Nurp-Naut's elder side takes control of the situation and introduces Niksput and Rokit to the abducted Infernites. The Infernites realize their mistake, and befriend the Orbitons. Later, Nurp-Naut takes the Infernites into Orbitopia for a tour. Niksput is interested in Burnard, and asks him if knows knew any tricks. The Infernite replies by having fire blow from his ears and making a rope out of smoke, which lassos Niksput and pulls him down to the ground. The Orbiton leader is impressed by the trick.

In the middle of this, we focus to Nurp-Naut; Naut, the elder side, decides it is nap time for Nurp, the infant side, who doesn't want to go to bed just yet. Naut demands his other side to calm down, and they begin to argue. Eventually, Nurp goes into a tantrum and lifts three oxygen tanks. The tanks are floating towards the glass protecting Orbitopia from the vacuum of space, when Flamzer realizes that the tanks could break the dome. Niksput is calm about this, and flies over to an emergency Orbiton/Infernite Cubit and breaks the glass encasing it. He and Burnard Mix to save everyone, and use Burnard's aforementioned trick to bring back the tanks to the ground. However, one tank cracks the glass, and Nurp continues his tantrum, bringing up a large building; the Mix stops it just in time, although it cracks the glass and shatters the whole dome.

Afterwards, the Orbitons take the Infernites outside for a welcoming party. The Nixels are aware of Rokit's Crater Tots and Nurp-Naut's Oxy-Juice, which the Infernites are eating and drinking, with Burnard gobbling up all of the refreshments. The two Nixels take the tots and juice and run off, with Rokit and Burnard, and Flamzer and Nurp-Naut Mixing to retrieve the juice. The Rokit/Burnard Mix corners the Nixel and puts Rokit Sauce on the tots. When the Nixel eats them, it causes him to explode. Rokit asks the Mixels if they want more crater tots, but all three of them pass up on the offer. Rokit eats them all himself (causing his head to explode) while the Nixel falls back down to the ground, unconscious.

Act II
Flamzer asks why the Orbitons chose the Infernites to abduct, and Nurp-Naut replies and tells them that they were the first signs of life the Orbitons spotted; his tribe then has a good laugh about it. The dark side of the moon then came; with the Infernites curious, Rokit told them a story about what had happened just recently. Rokit had prepared Nurp-Naut for his sleep, but Nurp wanted a story. Switching to Naut, he told Rokit to tell the kid a story, although Rokit didn't want to since he already said night-night. He eventually had given in to Nurp's begging, and told him all about the Glowkies; characterizing them as even more evil than Nixels. However, it was unknown to both that the tribe was just outside the room and ready to greet their "Orbiton neighbors". When they entered, an alarm sounded off and Rokit freaked out. When Niksput came, the Orbitons transformed into their Max, which then got knocked out by hitting the ceiling light. The Glowkies left in surprise, thinking they should have said hello some other time.

Back in the present, Bats begin to circle around the two tribes; this hints at the Glowkies' arrival. Globert, Boogly and Vampos come out of their cave and begin to chase the Orbitons and Infernites. Rokit and Meltus, Nurp-Naut and Burnard, and Niksput and Flamzer create Mixes to scare the Glowkies away. They end up in the Glowkie Caves, and Globert confronts them. The Glowkies introduce themselves, Max and then start to dance with bats as backup. Due to this, the two other tribes finally see them as non-hostile.

Burnard, Meltus, and Nurp-Naut begin to have a nice conversation with Globert. When Nurp says he is afraid of the dark caves, Globert makes fun of him and says that the Glowkies love the dark because the darkness is where the fun is. He decides to give them an example. Whisked to the performance stage, everybody begins to sing the song Don't Pull The Plug!. Globert explains, through this elaborate musical number, not to pull the giant plug in the floor, or the gravity will come in and suck everything up. Burnard, excited, gets up from his seat in the audience and tells his friends that he is going to get popcorn. Really, however, he heads over to try and unplug the plug; completely disobeying Globert's orders. With forced help from Rokit, they Mix; with this strength, they unplug the plug. Everyone gasps, and everybody but the Glowkies (who Maxed during the performance) gets sucked in; including the moon and universe itself. Against a completely white background, the Glowkies Max breaks its electric guitar and shouts, to nobody in particular, "Thank you, good night!"

With everything back to normal, Meltus is alone outside the caves while the party is still happening. He begins to cry. When Burnard and Flamzer head out and find him, Meltus tells them that he is homesick and misses Planet Mixel, as it is so far away. Flamzer says he misses home too, and Burnard remarks that there is no place like home. All crying, the Infernites wake up. Flamzer tells his brothers that the whole entire story was just a dream, saying that there is no such thing as Orbitons or Glowkies. Both mentioned tribes all of a sudden show up and ask "What? We don't exist?!" With that, everybody but Flamzer cries.

The two Nixels from earlier orbit around Mixel Moon. A satellite is seen and, picking up a reading from Mixel Moon, broadcasts surveillance footage of all three tribes to a large crowd of Nixels watching from a theater screen in Nixels Land. They are all, understandably, upset. Major Nixel shows up, outraged that there are Mixels also living on the moon of all places. Loud stomping is heard approaching Major and the swarm. King Nixel has arrived.

Songs

 * Don't Pull The Plug!

Major Characters

 * Niksput (debut)
 * Nurp-Naut (debut)
 * Rokit (debut)
 * Burnard (debut)
 * Flamzer (debut)
 * Meltus (debut)
 * Boogly (debut)
 * Globert (debut)
 * Vampos (debut)

Minor Characters

 * Zaptor
 * Vulk
 * Shuff
 * Slumbo
 * Jawg
 * Tentro
 * Footi
 * Glomp
 * Flain
 * Kraw
 * Teslo
 * Glurt
 * Lunk
 * Seismo
 * Nixels
 * Major Nixel
 * King Nixel (debut)

Mixes

 * Burnard & Kraw Mix
 * Globert & Flain Mix
 * Burnard & Teslo Mix
 * Nurp-Naut & Glomp Mix
 * Meltus & Burnard Mix
 * Niksput & Burnard Mix
 * Rokit & Burnard Mix
 * Nurp-Naut & Meltus Mix
 * Rokit & Meltus Mix
 * Nurp-Naut & Burnard Mix
 * Niksput & Flamzer Mix
 * Globert & Vampos Mix

Maxes

 * Infernites Max
 * Orbitons Max
 * Glowkies Max

Murps

 * Meltus & Burnard Murp 1
 * Meltus & Burnard Murp 2
 * Vulk, Shuff, Slumbo, Jawg, Tentro, and Footi Murp

Production Information

 * When the Mixels franchise was first announced, it was stated that the length of the series could be extended for longer storylines, if and when needed; this being an example. This is most likely the pilot for a full series; as such, all future episodes of this length will no longer be referred to as specials, but regular episodes.
 * The full name of the episode is Mixels: Moon Madness Special.
 * This was the first new episode after the long in-between season hiatus, which lasted six months and nine days. This wait angered many fans, who were then relieved to see the show back in full force.
 * Unlike the previous half-hour special, this is one full twenty-two minute episode, making it the longest concurrent episode of the series to date; with the shortest being High Five.
 * On March 5th, a blog post on Cartoon Network's website was published to advertise the episode.

Broadcast Information

 * Many commercials advertising this episode were released throughout mid-Feburary and early March.
 * On various cable programming guides, the episode is referred to as an episode of a standalone Mixels series, unlike Mixed Up Special, which was on its own (and the shorts, which had no entries due to there being no set schedule for them).
 * There will be encore presentations on March 13th and 15th.
 * Some descriptions of the episode give the title an exclamation point at the end.

International airings
Many airings will take place in March 2015.


 * March 9, 2015 (US and Canada)
 * March 13, 2015 (Italy)
 * March 14, 2015 (Bulgaria) in CN Cinema.
 * March 14, 2015 (Hong Kong, South East Asia, Australia and UK)
 * March 21, 2015 (Netherlands & Poland)

Trivia

 * The Orbitons, Glowkies and 2015 Infernites appeared, introducing the Series 4 characters into the show.
 * There is a Murp involving six Mixels, in a transitional bumper. This proves that more than two Mixels can create a Murp, and more than three can make a character combination in general, even if they are not in the same tribe.
 * Maxes have appeared for the first time since Changing a Lightbulb; being of course the Orbitons Max, the Glowkies Max, and the Infernites Max. This is before the Series 2 and 3 Maxes even get to appear in the show, although their animated forms have appeared on Mixels.com.
 * There is a musical number present near the end of the episode, which makes it the third song of the series overall; the first of course being the theme song, and the second being Happy Birthday to Balk.
 * There is a new and improved intro in this special, which has a colorful doodle style.
 * The Glowkies appear to be portrayed as antagonists at first in the episode, due to the Orbitons' misleading. That makes the Glowkies the first Mixels to be portrayed as antagonists (not including Zorch and Chomly).
 * This is the first ever episode to have all three combinations: a Mix, Max, and Murp.
 * Nixels now have high pitched voices, including Major Nixel; though his is still lower-pitched than the others. This is also the first time a Nixel has spoken conversational English in the TV series; first, it was only in books and magazines.
 * This was the first time two members of one tribe mix.
 * Some bumpers used to transition from scene to scene were taken from in-between shorts in Mixed Up Special, but a lot were new and involved Mixels from Series 1-3 in short vignettes.
 * This is the first time Mixels are seen de-mixing onscreen.
 * Most of the episode could be considered non-canon due to the fact that it was only a "dream". However, the fact that the Orbitons and Glowkies still show up after everybody wakes up must mean that in the canonical universe, the Infernites met the alien Mixels a different way than portrayed.
 * This episode reveals that Major Nixel is indeed serving a bigger bad; he is not the main antagonist, as was thought by the fanbase since his debut (only a year prior to this episode's airing).

Continuity

 * Second episode with the word "madness" in the title. ("Hamlogna Conveyer Belt Madness")
 * This is the second special in the series. ("Mixed Up Special")
 * This is the sixth episode with a Max. This is also the second episode where all of the Maxes in a series appear. ("Cookironi")
 * This is the sixth appearance of a Murp, and the fourth that isn't of Flain and Krader. ("Murp", "Snow Half-Pipe", "Fang Gang Log Toss", "High Five", "Mixed Up Special")
 * This is the second apperance of live-action footage; this being the explosion when the Orbitons Max is made. The first was a human foot. ("Mixed Up Special")
 * The second time "Oh, schnixel!" is said. ("Nixels")
 * This is the second time a completely white background appears, and the landscape is destroyed. ("Pothole")

Errors

 * When Globert says "That's right, mister!" he has three teeth on his upper jaw instead of five.
 * While in the giant Cubit, Niksput is missing his wings.
 * When Globert says "This is going to be FABULOUS!", Boogly's eye has no pupil.
 * If you look closely, while Zaptor is in the giant Cubit, his eye is not attached to his body.
 * In some scenes, Niksput's eyelid is grey, while in most other scenes, it is green.
 * Nurp and Naut introduce each other with the wrong names.
 * When The Nixel is about to eat the Rokit Sauce-coated Crater Tots, the sauce is no longer on them in the infrared scan of the scene.

Allusions

 * Monster Mash - Don't Pull The Plug! sounds very similar to this classic song.
 * Captain America - The red, white and blue banner appearing behind Globert during the song looks like that of Captain America's shield symbol.
 * Whack-a-Mole - One of the bumpers has Hoogi hitting many Mixels popping out of a giant Cubit. This board game had been referenced before in Mailman.

Memorable Quotes

 * Meltus/Burnard Murp 1: Let's try again.
 * Meltus/Burnard Murp 2: I don't think so.
 * Flamzer: Please, help me!


 * Nixel 1: Crater tot! Tot, tot!
 * Nixel 2: Oxy-Juice! Juice, juice!


 * Meltus: Just a little gas.


 * Boogly: Boogly thinks we should say hello another time.
 * Vampos: That was scary weird.
 * Globert: I thought it was FABULOUS!!