- Intro
- Last chance for Batman voice clips – email capesonthecouch@gmail.com by 2/28
- Background (2:05)
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- Mojo created by Ann Nocenti and Arthur Adams in Longshot #3 (Nov. 1985)
- Residents of what became the Mojoverse were driven mad by energy waves from our world – turned out to be our TV transmissions
- A race of spineless beings used technology to avoid having to do any manual labor, and instead forced slaves to do their bidding
- Mojo used television to gain a measure of control over the world, and used it to dominate the world and the slave trade
- Longshot, a stunt performer in Mojoverse, escaped to Earth 616, where he befriended Dr. Strange and several heroes – went back to free the remaining slaves, but was captured
- Mojo then captured Psylocke and implanted cameras in her eyes to broadcast what she saw to his TV audience – although he was defeated by the X-Men, the battles created high ratings, so he remained popular
- Longshot did eventually free the slaves, and Mojo was replaced with a humanoid clone, Mojo II: The Sequel, but he was also defeated by Longshot, and the original Mojo returned
- At one point, captured most of the X-Men and recreated important points from their history, all while broadcasting it across the Mojoverse – simultaneously attempted to terraform NYC into the Mojoverse – defeated by an electromagnetic pulse that destroyed his equipment
- In addition, the Howard the Duck movie is canon in the comics – Mojo filmed an alien in a duck costume interacting with Lea Thompson as part of a reality series on Howard the Duck
- Issues (9:07)
- Mania
- Gluttony/hedonism (14:28)
- How much of it is his fault? (21:12)
- Break (28:42)
- Plugs for Cult of Domesticity, Talk Me Into, and Chris Claremont
- Treatment (29:59)
- In-universe – Install an M-Chip to block him from accessing signals and unpry his eyes
- Out of universe – (33:10)
- Skit (39:25)
- Ending (47:11)
- Recommended reading: X-Men: Black – Mojo, Mojo Worldwide
- Next episodes: Batman & relationships, Fan thoughts on Batman, Roundtable with professionals
- Plugs for social
References:
- A Clockwork Orange – Anthony (07:44)
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World – Doc (11:33)
- Beetlejuice cartoon – Doc (27:40)
- Uatu episode – Anthony (31:27)
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