Alfred's Game/We Are X-Men

Season 4, Episode 25: Alfred's Game/We Are X-Men

Aired: November 25, 2013

Previous: The Dullverine/Under the Dumb

Alfred's Game/We Are X-Men is the 25th and final episode of MAD Season 4, and the 103rd and final episode of MAD.

Episode Summary
Alfred's Game: In the biggest episode of MAD yet, the Earth's only hope is none other than Alfred E. Neuman, so we're doomed.

We Are X-Men: In the last segment, the X-Men sadly get over their failed relationships.

Segments

 * 1) MADvent Calendar - Been looking for a replacement for glutton all month? Here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * 2) *Friday, 10:00 AM: Lady Gaga says a recent magazine cover makes her look too beautiful, so MAD steps in and helps her out.
 * 3) *Sunday, 9:00 AM: History's most faithful comet returns to Earth, threatening to leave a crater in Cartoon Network's 8:30 PM timeslot.
 * 4) *Friday, 6:00 PM: Mary Poppins makes it to 50 by taking a spoonful of this!
 * 5) Opening Scene
 * 6) Alfred's Game (Spoof on Alfred E. Neuman / Movie Parody of Ender's Game)
 * 7) Animated Marginals segment
 * 8) Fish Playing Charades (Animated by Mike Wartella)
 * 9) The White House Down Comforter (Movie Parody of White House Down) (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 10) Caveman Thought Glass Could Put Out Fire (Stop-motion Cartoon segment) (Animated by Tom Megalis)
 * 11) Is This a Show? (Cartoon)
 * 12) Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner Both Get Arrested (Spoof on Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner from Looney Tunes)
 * 13) GargaMelrose Place (Spoof on Gargamel from the Smurfs / TV Parody of Melrose Place) (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 14) Tooth Fairies of the Old West (Cartoon)
 * 15) Spy vs. Spy - Big Top Secret Telescope (Spy vs. Spy segment) (Stop-motion Cartoon)
 * 16) Animated Marginals segment
 * 17) Ineffective Tactics for Faking That You're Sick (Cartoon)
 * 18) Red-Headed Tree (Live-action Cartoon segment)
 * 19) We Are X-Men (TV Parody of We Are Men / Team Parody of the X-Men)
 * 20) Credits
 * 21) 5-second Cartoon - (from Fish Playing Charades) (5-second Cartoon segment)

Trivia
(Ender's Game, Melrose Place and We Are Men get parodied.
 * This is the third time White House Down appeared.
 * This is the fifth time Cartoon Network was mentioned, and the fifth and final appearances of the MAD Storks.
 * This is the 12th and final time the Smurfs appeared.
 * This is the 14th and final time the X-Men appeared.
 * This is the 20th episode of MAD to have only one Mike Wartella segment.
 * This is the 64th and final time Spy vs. Spy was done in stop-motion, and this is the final Spy vs. Spy segment.
 * The reason why MAD was cancelled is because of mostly negative reception from critics and the Cartoon Network network.
 * This is the actual final episode of MAD, which means this is the actual MAD series finale, but not the first season finale (Force Code/Flammable). Here are some things you must know about MAD:
 * MAD had premiered on Monday, September 6, 2010 with the very first episode of MAD (Avaturd/CSiCarly) and ended on Monday, November 25, 2013 with this episode, which means the entire series had ran for over three years.
 * MAD only had four seasons and 103 episodes instead of 104 episodes because of MAD's 100th Episode Special, which was the only half-hour episode of MAD.
 * After the final episode, there are no more MAD parodies.
 * Since MAD ran for four seasons and 103 episodes total, MAD is never, ever renewed for a fifth season.
 * With only four seasons and 103 episodes total, MAD ended on Monday, November 25, 2013.
 * MAD had reruns on Cartoon Network from December 2, 2013 to April 4, 2014.
 * On Friday, April 4, 2014, MAD permanently stopped its reruns on Cartoon Network.

Voices

 * Keith Ferguson - Colonel Hyrum Graff and Cyclops
 * Arif S. Kinchen - President Sawyer and GargaMelrose Place Announcer
 * Jim Meskimen - Mazer Rackham, Officer, and Nightcrawler
 * Nolan North - John Cale and Wolverine
 * Rachel Ramras - Smurfette, Green Tree, and Red Tree
 * Kevin Shinick - The MADvent Calendar Announcer, Sketch Stork, Road Runner, and Carter
 * Dana Snyder - Gargamel, Caveman, and Dad
 * Debra Wilson - Major Gwen Anderson, Cavewoman, and Mom