About this season
A diaper-wearing toddler with a mohawk named Maxwell "Fantastic Max" Young has adventures in outer space with two of his toys: FX, a pull string alien doll from a planet called Twinkle-Twinkle, and A.B. Sitter, a C-3PO-like android made of blocks.
Episodes (13)
1. The Loon In the Moon
Aired 17 September 1988 • 22 min
A.B. is frustrated because Max never listens to him, so he suggests that Max create a new plastic parent -- and he does.
2. Toys Will Be Toys
Aired 24 September 1988 • 22 min
A toy manufacturer named Sticky Wicket can't think of a new idea for a toy, so he steals FX and pretends to have invented him.
3. All In a Babe's Work
Aired 1 October 1988 • 22 min
Max is bored when he has to spend all day in a day care center, so he takes his baby friends into space.
4. The Big Sleep
Aired 8 October 1988 • 22 min
FX's cord gets pulled out of shape and ruins his voice, so the gang goes back to Twinkle Twinkle in search of his doctor to fix it.
5. Attack of the Cubic Rubes
Aired 15 October 1988 • 22 min
Max takes A.B. and FX to colorless planets (literally) with crayons, but after they meet color lovers Alan and Neil, things get out of hand.
6. Monkey See, Monkey Zoo
Aired 22 October 1988 • 22 min
The gang visits an interplanetary circus and discover that the ringmaster had kidnapped the animals and are making them perform against their will.
7. Cooking Mother's Goose
Aired 29 October 1988 • 22 min
Max is bored with fairy tales until the gang goes into storybook world. Things are fine until FX's mischievous cousin comes along and makes everyone dance to music--which distracts them from their duties.
8. Journey to the Center of My Sister
Aired 5 November 1988 • 22 min
Zoe gets plagued with Nasal Bathrobe, the virus from Osirus, on the day of her birthday party. Max and company have to capture the virus or else never go into outer space again.
9. Carrot Encounters of the Third Kind
Aired 12 November 1988 • 22 min
Zoe grows a giant carrot for a vegetable competition, but the carrot, named Rooty, appears to be alive. He enlists Max's help to save him from a rabbit named Fatso, who wants to eat him.
10. The Baby Who Fell to Earth
Aired 19 November 1988 • 22 min
A pair of astronauts mistake Max for an alien. Now it's up to AB, FX, and even Zoe to save him from the press.
11. Beach Blanket Baby
Aired 26 November 1988 • 22 min
12. Stitches In Time
Aired 3 December 1988 • 22 min
Max's father buys Max a toy dragon, which Max names Stitches, and FX brings him to life. The gang take Stitches through time via the rocket, but Stitches is a baby at heart, which gets him into trouble.
13. From Here to Twinkle Twinkle
Aired 10 December 1988 • 22 min
FX is deeply homesick so he ponders going back home to Twinkle Twinkle, but Max is reluctant to let him go.