Mike Tyson Mysteries

Mike Tyson Mysteries
From left: Yung Hee Tyson, Mike Tyson, Marquess of Queensberry, and Pigeon.
Genre	Comedy Mystery
Created by	Warner Bros. Animation
Developed by	Hugh Davidson
Directed by	Ethan Spaulding Jeff Siergey
Voices of	Mike Tyson Norm Macdonald Rachel Ramras Jim Rash
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	21 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Sam Register
Producer(s)	Hugh Davidson
Editor(s)	Dave Mendel
Running time	11 minutes
Production company(s)	Warner Bros. Animation Williams Street
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	Adult Swim
Picture format	16:9 HDTV
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	October 27, 2014 – present
External links
Website

Mike Tyson Mysteries is an American animated television series, and the first to be produced by Warner Bros. Animation for Adult Swim. It premiered October 27, 2014.^[1] The series features Mike Tyson solving mysteries, in the style of I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali, Scooby-Doo!, Jonny Quest and Mr. T.^[2] The show is also currently simulcasting on Netflix Canada.^[3] On December 10, 2014, Adult Swim renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on November 1, 2015.^[4][5]

Premise

The show follows Mike Tyson, the ghost of the Marquess of Queensberry, Tyson's adopted daughter, and a pigeon as they solve mysteries. The style of the show borrows heavily from 1970s cartoons, most notably Hanna-Barbera productions such as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? and The Funky Phantom. However, it also contains adult language and concepts, in the manner of Family Guy, or South Park. While each episode involves a mystery as a framing device, often these are ignored altogether as the plot takes another direction, and episodes sometimes end on cliffhangers which are never resolved.

Characters

Main characters

• Mike Tyson (voiced by himself) – The title character of the series, Mike Tyson is a retired boxer who now solves mysteries. He is portrayed as being wildly out of touch with reality, confusing a chess Grandmaster with the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, or Elon Musk with Elton John, thinking a binary code spells out 'Oooh', and eating junk food without realizing he's on a diet. He has a reputation for doing unusual things like taking an oatmeal bath with cooked oatmeal, owning a pet grizzly bear, and using mosquitoes to help him sleep.
• Yung Hee Tyson (voiced by Rachel Ramras) – Mike's 18-year-old adopted daughter. Born in 1998, her birth mother left her on Mike's doorstep when she was a baby.
• Pigeon (voiced by Norm Macdonald) – An alcoholic, sexually depraved, sarcastic pigeon. He claims to be a former human who was turned into a pigeon by his ex-wife as a curse for cheating on her. His real name is revealed to be Richard, although everyone still calls him Pigeon. He is disliked by Marquess and Yung Hee, but Tyson is seemingly oblivious to his obnoxious nature.
• Marquess of Queensberry (voiced by Jim Rash) – Named for the real life father of modern boxing John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, this flamboyant ghost provides Mike with intellectual advice. His name is pronounced "Marcus" and rendered as if Marquess is his actual name, rather than a title.

Recurring characters

• Deezy (voiced by Chuck Deezy) - Mike Tyson's agent.

Reception

The series has received mostly positive reviews from critics. The show currently holds an 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 11 reviews, with its consensus being: "A dizzying whirl of lowbrow and high-concept, Mike Tyson Mysteries should more than satisfy fans of Adult Swim's signature blend of animated silliness."^[6] Metacritic gives the show a score of 75/100 based on six reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[7]

Episodes

Season 1 (2014–15)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"The End"	Ethan Spaulding	Hugh Davidson	October 27, 2014	1.01[8]
Mike and the gang travel to Cormac McCarthy's ranch to help him with his unfinished novel. There, they are warned by the ranch's property caretaker of a Chupacabra attacking McCarthy's horses.
2	2	"Ultimate Judgment Day"	Ethan Spaulding	Story: Kevin Shinick Teleplay: Hugh Davidson	November 3, 2014	0.97[9]
Responding to a binary code distress message, Mike and the gang travel to IBM's headquarters which is hosting a chess rematch between Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue. There, they must figure out who sent the message and why. Complications arise when Mike knocks out Kasparov before the match.
3	3	"Heavyweight Champion of the Moon"	Ethan Spaulding	Hugh Davidson & Patrick Devine	November 10, 2014	0.97[10]
Mike and the gang pick up Buzz Aldrin at the airport in Las Vegas. Just before Aldrin lets Mike in on the biggest secret of the universe, he is killed in yet another one of Mike's car accidents. To solve the mystery of the universe, Mike "borrows" Elon Musk's rocket to travel to the Moon.
4	4	"Is Magic Real?"	Ethan Spaulding	Hugh Davidson & Ted Michaels	November 17, 2014	0.89[11]
After receiving a message from an "Old Wizard" asking is magic real, Mike and the gang travel to the Camelot Hotel, where they meet the sender - an elderly man who had a winning streak at gambling, but lost it all one night and was banned from the casino. The gang take the Old Wizard to another casino, where Pigeon gets him a $1 million buy-in from Robert Redford, in exchange for some time with Yung Hee.
5	5	"Mite Tyson"	Jeff Siergey	Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras	November 24, 2014	1.35[12]
Mike is brought to the hospital after his skin is riddled with mite bites. When Mike, Marquess, Yung Hee, and the doctor suspect that the mites are coming from Pigeon, the gang kicks him out of the house. But when Mike discovers that he was misdiagnosed, the gang rushes out to get Pigeon back before he becomes a test subject for cosmetic products.
6	6	"A River Runs Through It Into a Heart of Darkness"	Ethan Spaulding	Hugh Davidson	January 11, 2015	1.56[13]
A businessman wants Mike's help in winning over jungle-dwellers who are firmly against his canal project.
7	7	"Kidnapped!"	Ethan Spaulding	Hugh Davidson & David Hoffman	January 18, 2015	1.69[14]
A Russian mobster abducts Yung Hee after Pigeon fails to pay a gambling debt, forcing Pigeon and Marquess to work together in Mike's absence to rescue her.
8	8	"House Haunters"	Jeff Siergey	Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras	January 25, 2015	1.55[15]
The Team helps a married couple with purchasing a new house, but the situation takes a turn for the worse when Marquess discovers a terrifying secret about one potential home.
9	9	"Night Moves"	Ethan Spaulding	Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras	February 1, 2015	1.67[16]
Mike must make a difficult choice when Yung Hee's new boyfriend turns out to believe he is a werewolf and Yung Hee's is scratched during her date.
10	10	"Ty-Stunned"	Jeff Siergey	Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras	February 8, 2015	1.53[17]
Mike and the gang take on the most dangerous mystery yet - a murder mystery. However, Mike becomes distracted by purchasing hummus and arranging endorsement deals with his agent Deezy, causing a chain of events that lead to the home of the killer.

Season 2 (2015–16)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
11	1	"What's That Gnoise?"	Jeff Siergey	Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras	November 1, 2015	0.86[18]
A suburban housewife asks the team to investigate a strange noise coming from her car.
12	2	"For the Troops"	Ethan Spaulding	Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras	November 8, 2015	0.98[19]
Mike's agent Deezy gets him a gig entertaining armed forces in Afghanistan after Wayne Brady cancelled. While Mike is away, Deezy is left to solve a mystery that arrived at Mike's house.
13	3	"She's a Bayniac"	Jeff Siergey	Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras	November 15, 2015	1.03[20]
A husband suspects his wife of cheating on him, and calls in the team to investigate.
14	4	"Last Night on Charlie Rose"	Ethan Spaulding	Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras	November 22, 2015	0.94[21]
Mike and the team are asked to locate a man who disappeared after appearing on a talk show.
15	5	"Old Man of the Mountain"	Jeff Siergey	Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras	December 6, 2015	1.00[22]
Siblings debate whether to put their 96-year old father in a nursing home and ask Mike for advice. When they arrive, they find their father frozen. During his defrosting, Mike's group discovers that the old man has a secret room that revealed that he was a Nazi that was loyal to Adolf Hitler. When the old man thaws out and starts attacking the group, they end up saved by the sudden appearance of a Yeti which eats the old man. The recent events left both groups traumatized except for Pigeon.
16	6	"Jason B. Sucks"	Ethan Spaulding	Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras	December 13, 2015	1.02[23]
Mike Tyson, Yung Hee, Pigeon, and Marquess of Queensberry look for a man named Jason B. who wrote a negative review about the Mike Tyson Mysteries group.
17	7	"A Plaintive Wail"	Jeff Siergey	Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras	December 20, 2015	1.01[24]
A Boston restaurant owner believes a curse is interfering with her business, and calls in Mike and the Team to investigate.
18	8	"Tent Revival"	Ethan Spaulding	Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras	January 3, 2016	1.09[25]
Mike's house gets termites again causing his group to stay at a hotel. When Yung Hee returns to the tented house to retrieve her cell phone, she finds men in robes attempting to summon the Devil. The men attempt to sacrifice her (revealing that Yung Hee is a virgin, which she insists is by choice). When the Devil is summoned, he is quickly knocked out by Mike and the Devil Worshipers are arrested.
19	9	"Greece is the Word"	Jeff Siergey	Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras	January 10, 2016	1.08[26]
The Mystery Team is hired by Los Angeles' City Hall to find the cause of a slowdown at the L.A. Port Authority. After wasting a year and a half spending the money they received up front, Mike is desperate to solve the mystery one day before their deadline. He speeds the Mystery Van off the port attempting to land on the ship. They miss by a long shot and wake up underwater in the city of Atlantis, which is inhabited mainly by Greek thieves and scoundrels. The thieves reveal that they caused the Port slowdown in order to steal electronics from Chinese ships. During a Greek dance sequence, someone throws a plate, which cracks the glass roof of Atlantis. The underwater city floods, the team escapes but leave the Mystery Van behind. After reporting their findings to City Hall, Mike expects City Hall to reimburse him for his lost Mystery Van. The leader of the thieves is shown to have survived as he uses the Mystery Van to raid a beach.
20	10	"Ogopogo!"	Ethan Spaulding	Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras	January 17, 2016	1.49[27]
The team receives a request for help from Pigeon's ex-wife Sandra, who is attempting to sell their old lakeside house, but can't because Pigeon never finished signing their divorce papers. The team asks Pigeon to come with them to solve the matter, which he refuses, leading the team to force him to come by putting him in a pet carrier. During their trip, they make stop at a gas station where an aged Native American warns them of "Ogopogo", but Mike chases him off claiming he was just trying to scare tourists. They arrive at the lakehouse only to realize they accidentally brought one of their carrier pigeons instead of Richard (Pigeon). Back at the house, while Richard is trying to pay a prostitute, a picture of his ex-wife falls out of his wallet leading him to decide to confront his problems. When telling the team about their relationship, Richard's ex-wife insists that she isn't a witch but was a deeply religious person, and that God turned Richard into a Pigeon after she prayed to God to show her Richard's true self. Meanwhile when seeing old pictures of Richard and his ex-wife, Yung Hee becomes attracted to Richard, since real human form looked like a male model. When Richard arrives at the house, he has makeup sex with his ex-wife (which Yung Hee secretly watches), leading the two to announce that they're back together. She then calls out to God once again, and gold clouds begin to form in the sky. She asks to be turned into a Pigeon so that they can be together, which Richard immediately objects to, but is successful and she is turned into a Pigeon. She flies into the air in celebration, but is eaten by a large lunging eel-like lake monster Ogopogo.
21	11	"Life Is but a Dream"	Jeff Siergey	Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras	April 17, 2016	1.195[28]
After the Marquess mistakes a meeting to read a new mystery as an intervention about his drinking problem, the Mystery Team sets out to assist the husband of a woman in a coma. The Marquess says that as a ghost, he can enter her dream-like state, but the others cannot, so Mike kills himself, Yung Hee and Pigeon with poison so they can accompany the Marquess. Their ghosts find the woman, only to learn that in her coma-dream she is having torrid sex with her step-son. The living members of the team are revived by having their stomachs pumped, and the team decides to tell the husband that they could not find his wife, but the woman wakes up and embraces her husband and, with more passion, her step-son.
22	12	"Unsolved Situations"	Ethan Spaulding	Story: Hugh Davidson and Guy Stevenson Teleplay: Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras and Guy Stevenson	April 24, 2016	1.320[29]
When pigeons stop bringing mysteries, Mike disbands the team under the belief that they have solved all the mysteries in the world. Yung goes off to college and Mike sends Marquess to live with Larry Holmes. However, he discovers that the real reason mysteries stopped arriving is that Snoop Dogg has assembled his own, far superior mystery solving operation with his own team that includes Ross Matthews and a mountain lion. (Snoop insists that he's not doing the same thing as Mike, because what he investigates are not mysteries but "unsolved situations".) When a member of Snoop's team disappears, however, he summons Mike for help, forcing Mike to reunite the Mystery Team to help his friend.
23	13	"Losin' It"	Ethan Spaulding	David Hoffman and Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras	May 1, 2016	1.248[30]
24	14	"Yves Klein Blues"[31]	TBA	TBA	May 8, 2016	TBD
25	15	"Unholy Matrimony"[32]	TBA	TBA	May 15, 2016	TBD
26	16	"Mystery for Hire"[33]	TBA	TBA	May 22, 2016	TBD

See also

• I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali, another animated series about a professional boxer

References

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External links

• Mike Tyson Mysteries at the Internet Movie Database
• Mike Tyson Mysteries at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Mike Tyson Mysteries at Rotten Tomatoes
• Mike Tyson Mysteries at Metacritic
• Mike Tyson Mysteries at TV.com