Mentok the Mind-Taker is a character on the
Cartoon Network's
Adult Swim show "
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law", a hilarious
legal drama that uses old
Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters as defendants. Mentok originally appeared as a villain in the 1967 action cartoon series
Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, from which Harvey Birdman himself originates.
When
Fred Flintstone went on trial as a Mafia don, a witty spoof of
the Sopranos, the regular series judge character, Hiram
Mightor, disappeared under suspicious circumstances. His replacement was
Judge Mentok, insane
mentalist and
trial judge all in one.
Green skinned and pointy eared, Mentok sports a stylish purple outfit, accented with a small yellow M in the middle of his widows peak. Yellow eyed, and wearing half a black goatee, he is a classic 60s cartoon villain, right down to the limited use of
primary colors in his outfit. What really makes Mentok
hilarious is his
self indulgent rambling.
Voiced by
John Micheal Higgins, Mentok is a smug, frenetic, and completely
mad supervillain stereotype. More of an
egomaniac than a
megalomaniac, Mentok is desperate to
impress others with demonstrations of his
mental powers. He continually makes
grand self referential statements and has habit of repeating his name
loudly and
often. He even wiggles his fingers and goes "OOOOWWEEEEEOOOOO!", imitating a
theremin to reinforce the
creepy power of his mind. Mentok often floats cross-legged to the stand, and bangs the
gavel with
telekinesis. He also makes
cryptic references to future events, and loudly
gloats when they come
true. Crazy insecure Mentok is the
reason to watch the show in my opinion.
The completely quotable Mentok the Mindtaker.
"I am MENTOK the Mindtaker!"
"You must TAKE the mind!"
"Ha! I knew you were going to say that!"
"I'm not feeling the love!"
"Mentok wills it so!"
"Those guys over there, they're gonna lose this one. Pretty sure of it. No, I know it."
"Listen, I already know BECAUSE I'M MENTOK THE MIND...that you're not doing anything tonight. But, are you doing anything tonight? "
"We don't ask, we don't lease, we don't rent, we don't buy, WE TAKE THE MINDS!"
"See? That's not asking, that's TAKING!"