Superego
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Superego was the name of a hit 1980s Saturday morning cartoon. The stars were an intelligent waffle iron by the name of Ego and his sidekick, a maple syrup jar named Id. The show ran from 1987 to 1993.
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[edit] Setting
Superego was set in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, in the upper middle-class home of the Brussels family.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Heroes
- Ego. After a freak power surge, Ego became sentient and gained superpowers. He has the ability to fry waffles without a power source and to fly. He is forced to constantly deceive most of the Brussels family, except for their son Jake, into believing that he is an ordinary waffle iron.
- Id. The same power surge that caused Ego to become sentient shorted out the Brussels family refrigerator. The resulting mix of chemicals and organisms gave birth to Id. Id spends most of his time hiding behind the refrigerator, afraid of being thrown away. He frequently rescues Ego from the clutches of their enemy Karl. His catchphrase, "Leggo my Ego!" is a fan favorite.
[edit] Brussels family
- Jake. Jake Brussels is an ordinary eight year old boy who knows Ego's secret. He was in the kitchen during the power surge which created Ego, Id, and Karl. He is an avid baseball player who helps out Ego whenever possible. He does not like vegetables, and prefers waffles. His baseball team meets at the Unified Field. He was voiced by Rassers Fogh Andermusson
- Dad. Jake's Dad is best known for a terrible pun on Brussels and Brussels Sprouts, which he constantly tries to convince Jake to eat. He always laughs; everyone else groans. He plays third bassoon for the Boston Philharmonic orchestra. He is a bohemian, and sometimes tries to refer to himself as a "swingin' hepcat". Nobody else knows what he's talking about. He was voiced by Onyx Blackman.
- Mom. Jake's Mom is a professional psychotherapist, and some of the running gags of the show involved her patients. This made the show more accessible to adults who could appreciate the humor inherent in a person with Dissociative Identity Disorder (ep. 4x03 "But I'm the Mommy."), Schizophrenia (ep. 3x14 "When I was a little kid my mother told me not to stare into the sun. So once when I was six, I did.") and bipolar disorder (ep. 3x05 "Bipolar bear is my bipolar friend." The show had it's highest ratings ever in 1992 when the networks showed a "very special episode" about Trichotillomania. (ep. 6x24 "Hair, it's what's for breakfast.") She was voiced by Hillary Clinton
[edit] Enemies
- Karl. Like Id, Karl was created in the Brussels's family refrigerator. Karl was formed from haggis and consequently is bent on world domination. Karl took the form of the classic Aryan atomic scientist superman turned to evil. His swastika patterned kilt and shocking red goatee were what set him apart from similar villains. His voice, performed by Patrick Stewart was considered at the time to be revolutionary in the field of cartoon sciences. He spoke with both a Scottish brogue and a Germanic dialect. "Ah've got yeh now, Superrrrrrrrrrrr-ego! Preparrrrrrrre to face mein army of horrific bagpipe-schnauzers!"
- Anima and Animus. Anima and Animus are Karl's twin cabbage henchmen. While Animus was relegated to cartoon obscurity along with such likes as Dark Daphne, Arthritic Cowboy, and John Ritter; Anima, with her cabbage leaf boa, and green legwarmers became a sexual icon of the late 1980s. Anima was considered one of the hottest evil cartoon characters of 1989, and is responsible for many a misguided youth turning to a life of crime. During the show, she quickly rose to become Karl's right hand henchcabbage. She was voiced by Imelda Marcos.
[edit] Story Arcs
Late in the series, when ratings began to decline, a number of long term story arcs were created in order to return fans to the show. Unfortunately with the advent of such inane cartoons like "Ham in pants!" and "Postmodernism boy", millions of cartoon fans turned off their television sets for the last time and went outside to play.
[edit] Crisis on Infinite Waffles
In this five-episode arc, a pan dimensional rift called the Siege Pancakeus opened in an IHOP, and sucked the cast members into a "meta-universe." It was revealed that Karl had been controlled all along by a secret society of pancake aliens who felt that Superego was a threat to their flat based lifestyle. Fighting against the dark true nature of the Interdimensional House of Pancakes, Jake, Id and Superego, and even Mom and Dad fought across every cliche cartoon environment, including Roman times, Caveman times, Old West times, and the streets of Kyzyl, Tuva. In the end a IHOP deathweapon was fired which was intended to have the effect of flatening everyone's brainwaves (killing them) instead, it had the effect of returning them to their native universes and removing their memories. Once again, all was right with the world.
[edit] Superego in Space
Another five-episode arc began only two episodes after CoIW. In this arc, Jake's father brought home a pair of JATO engines for use in "pimping the heat exchanger on the fridge." [sic] Id found them and following his baser instincts, without listening to Superego's better judgement, decided to be helpful and install them himself. He ended up activating them prematurely, causing the Brussels refrigerator to be launched into orbit. Jake and his father were somehow in the fridge at the time, but this was not explained in the episode at all. (Many feel that this scene was deleted when one of the animators got drunk and began drawing "Inappropriate" additions to the finished cels). The arc briefly tried to introduce a spunky space girl as a co-hero, fighting against the new villains of the Darjeeling Tea empire, but many fans considered the dialogue to be stilted and ineffectual and with the addition of Comet Carlyn, the show's producers were esentially admitting Scrappy Doo Syndrome.
[edit] Spinoffs
[edit] Movies
The series briefly regained popularity in 1999 when Superego appeared for the first time on the silver screen in the film "Taxation in the Rue Morgue". It was a psychological thriller about a giant robot built by the IRS attacking Woonsocket, RI. Superego teamed up with the luchadore legend Santos, underdog comic book character The Osprey and Janet Reno to fight the menace. The movie was a box office flop, but later went on to win awards at Cannes, Sundance and the Oscars.
Superego appeared in his first solo film in 2001 when the film "Superego goes to Washington" was created. In that fun family classic, the Brussles family travels to Washington state to meet a real life Canadian. On the way, they have all kinds of wacky adventures with such unforgettable characters as Strong Tong Hmong (a barbecue master and Chinatown gang leader), and the Yurtmeister ("I'm gonna get Mongolian on yo' ass!") The heartwarming tale culminates in the birth of Jake's baby sister, Isolde.
[edit] Playsets
By far, the most popular playset sold relating to the series was Waffle Command One. It was naturally the most expensive, since it allowed for epic battles to be fought in the minutest detail. It stood a full meter high when fully assembled, had two working waffle making stations, and a 1920's style locking refrigerator. There were rumored incidents of children being locked in the refrigerator module of the playset, but this was quickly disproven by the excellent marketing efforts of the manufacturer. (Consumption of waffles thus produced does not cause cancer).
Ground was also broken by the introduction of the Organic Action figures. Superego was the first action figure to be made, not of plastic, but actual waffle parts vacuum sealed in a collectable blister pack. Children would be able to play with the figure for a number of days before the ever present "Creeping Mold" set in. Since Creeping Mold was a minor recurring character in the cartoons, these toys were often billed as "Two for the price of one!" Children were instructed that Superego could only be saved by a magical curative substance known as "Greenback".
[edit] Religion
The show's popularity inspired the religion of Superegoism, where adherants gather in a circular grid pattern, proclaim the words "Batter in!", clap their hands, and proclaim "Waffle out! Leggo my ego!". In this semi-spiritual gathering, Anima takes on the role of the demiurge, and Ego, Id and Jake take the form of the godhead. Karl naturally assumes the "Shaitan" role. This religion is somewhat related to the worship of Baphomet and Dagon. Because this is a religion based on a cartoon, it oftentimes finds itself engaged in doctrinal fighting with other cartoon-based religions such as Calvinism.
[edit] Quotes
"I've had enough of your sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenanigans!" --Karl ep. 1x05 Who's a-Freud of the dark?
"I pity the foo' who doesn't leggo my ego!" --Mr. T.(guest star) ep 4x02 Your hands feel Klanny.
"But... I'm a good cabbage." --Anima ep 5x07 Quit dragon your ass.
