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Josh McGrath is a 19 year-old extreme sports star whose adopted father works at the sports equipment manufacturing company N-Tek. It turns out this is a front for a counterintelligence agency, so when Josh makes an unscheduled visit during an attack on the facility by terrorists, he finds himself caught in the crossfire and present at an honest-to-god [[Freak Lab Accident]] - his body is infested with "Max Nanoprobes", experimental [[Nanomachines]], leaving him on the verge of death. [[Teen Genius]] Roberto "'Berto" Martinez realizes that the probes have integrated with his body and become [[The Symbiote|symbiotic]] - he is dying because they are [[Phlebotinum Breakdown|running out of power]]. He is thus able to save Josh's life by infusing his body with the probes' specialized power source, [[Applied Phlebotinum|Trans-Phasic Energy]] (colloquially T-Juice). Afterward, it is discovered that the accident has given him [[Magic and Powers|numerous superpowers]]; superhuman strength, speed, stamina, senses, and the ability to become invisible. Realizing that these powers plus his extreme sports experience make him an ideal [[They Fight Crime|secret agent]], Josh creates a [[Secret Identity]] - an older, brown-haired version of himself he calls "Max Steel." The series begins with a [[In Medias Res|much less detailed explanation.]]
'''''Max Steel''''' was a very [[Merchandise-Driven]], CG-animated [[Saturday Morning Cartoon]] series which ran from 2000 to 2002. At its heart a spy show, with outrageous villains and plots at times straining believability, the ever-[[Genre Savvy]] main character's commentary often put the series in [[Affectionate Parody]] territory. In spite of its silliness, however, the show had well-defined characters, unusually complex plots, and was surprisingly dialogue-heavy for a show of its demographic. Aside from this it has a dark, realistic animation style and a few genuine instances of [[Nightmare Fuel]], and all together it turned out to be a surprisingly good show.
Trying to avoid the [[Nostalgia Filter]] here; the show was pretty much forgotten after it aired, and so the only reviews you'll find are by people who were around 12 when the show came out. It doesn't seem to have a particularly big fanbase.
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