The Lex Factor

The Lex Factor
From Season	4
From Episode	82
This is a	Television Segment
Aired along with	Les the Miz
MAD Parody Number	164

The Lex Factor is a crossover between the X Factor and Lex Luthor.

This segment is from MAD Season 4, Episode 4 (82): Les the Miz / The Lex Factor.

Summary

Lex Luthor holds a reality show for villains in order to find out who he will use to fight Superman.

References

• Superman
• the X Factor
• the Smurfs
• Black Adam

Characters

• Lex Luthor
• Superman
• Amanda Waller
• Mario Lopez
• Gargamel
• Doomsday
• Papa Smurf
• Smurfette
• Brainy Smurf
• Azrael
• Khloé Kardashian
• Britney Spears
• Demi Lovato
• Cue Card Guy

Transcript

(Title card: The Lex Factor)

Khloe Kardashian: Welcome back to The Lex Factor, the show where contestants compete to see who can defeat Superman! I'm Khloe Kardashian. Smile and pause.

Cue Card Guy: Don't read that part out loud!

Khloe: Now to introduce our judges! Point at judges. Lex Luthor... (LEX LUTHOR: Criminal Mastermind) Demi Lovato... (DEMI LOVATO: Teen Star) and Britney Spears. (BRITNEY SPEARS: She was already in the studio when we got there)

Trivia/Goofs

• This is the 45th segment that the name of a MAD parody is said.
• This skit looks similar to Criminal Minecraft, The Celebrity Ape-rentice, Cookie Blue, New Gill, Ancient Greek MythBusters and Brain Purge.
• When the Smurfs chant "U.S.Smurf!", Smurfette's mouth doesn't move. She only blinks her eyes and moves her fist.
• Smurfette looks like Candace Flynn from Disney's Phineas and Ferb.
• Papa Smurf has a white hat and bronze pants instead of red hat and pants while Smurfette's hair is brown with a bronze dress and shoes instead of blonde hair and white dress and shoes in the comic books, TV show and movie franchise.
  • In fact, the Smurfs have white hats and bronze pants instead of white.
• Eighth time the Smurfs appeared on MAD. The previous ones were:
  1. Avaturd
  2. RiOa
  3. Super 80's
  4. TransBOREmores 3: Dark of the Blue Moon
  5. MAD News from the start of Dances with Wolverine: A Footloose Parody / Tater Tots & Tiaras
  6. Papa Smurf's Pizza from Moneyball Z / Green Care Bear
  7. Rejected Smurfs from WWe Bought a ZOO / 2 Broke Powerpuff Girls
• Britney Spears and Mario Lopez also have connections to the sequel to the Smurfs' live action movie. Britney sang "Ooh La La", and Mario voiced Social Smurf.
  • Demi Lovato would later voice Smurfette in the fully-animated Smurfs movies.