History WesternAnimation / MikeTysonMysteries

The premise of the show is Creator/MikeTyson (AsHimself) leaves his home in UsefulNotes/LasVegas and goes off to solve mysteries around the world, along with his friends, consisting of a ghost known as Marquess of Queensberry, Mike's adopted daughter [[OnlySaneMan Yung Hee]], and [[TalkingAnimal Pigeon]] (voiced by Creator/NormMacDonald), a man whose ex-wife transformed him into, yes, a pigeon. Each week, the team are given a mystery to go off and solve, and HilarityEnsues, with Mike himself usually causing most of the problems.

* ActionHoggingOpening: The show is far more low key and slower paced than the action packed intro would have you believe. In true '70s cartoon style, ''none'' of the events shown in the intro ever take place within the episodes. "My Favorite Mystery" finally gives context for each scene in the opening sequence.

* WidgetSeries: A former pro boxer, a Korean-American teenager, a ghost, and a [[TalkingAnimal pigeon]]. TheyFightCrime. Why? Oh, right, because the first of these is the ''trope namer'' for TheTysonZone.

''Mike Tyson Mysteries'' is an animated show on Creator/AdultSwim which ran from 2014 to 2020. It's the first show for that network to be produced exclusively for AS by Creator/WarnerBros Animation (the ''{{WesternAnimation/ThunderCats|2011}}'' reboot was produced for Creator/CartoonNetwork first, then moved onto Creator/{{Toonami}}). In the same vein that ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' is a throw back to '60s SuperScience shows like ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest,'' this pays homage to both Creator/HannaBarbera mystery cartoons and '80s action hero shows like ''WesternAnimation/MisterT'' and ''WesternAnimation/ChuckNorrisKarateKommandos''.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The show deconstructs the whole "going to places to solve mysteries for free" thing when Mike points out that him solving mysteries isn't profitable to him. In "Is Magic Real?", when the Wizard needs one million dollars to participate in a poker game, Mike, despite being a famous retired boxer, doesn't have that type of money:

* RealityEnsues: The show deconstructs the whole "going to places to solve mysteries for free" thing when Mike points out that him solving mysteries isn't profitable to him. In "Is Magic Real?", when the Wizard needs one million dollars to participate in a poker game, Mike, despite being a famous retired boxer, doesn't have that type of money:
-->'''Mike:''' I don't have a million dollars. In fact, I don't even think I can afford to keep solving mysteries, you guys. Huh. Man, I gotta get a real job.

* TheArtifact: Marquess is something of a spoof of the trope. Its strongly implied that his original purpose (getting Mike to be more selfless, competence notwithstanding) was actually fulfilled before the show started, and he just...stuck around...

* TheArtifact: Marquise is something of a spoof of the trope. Its strongly implied that his original purpose (getting Mike to be more selfless, competence notwithstanding) was actually fulfilled before the show started, and he just...stuck around...

''Mike Tyson Mysteries'' is an animated show on Creator/AdultSwim, and the first show for that network to be produced exclusively for AS by Creator/WarnerBros Animation (the ''{{WesternAnimation/ThunderCats|2011}}'' reboot was produced for Creator/CartoonNetwork first, then moved onto Creator/{{Toonami}}). In the same vein that ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' is a throw back to '60s SuperScience shows like ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest,'' this pays homage to both Creator/HannaBarbera mystery cartoons and '80s action hero shows like ''WesternAnimation/MisterT'' and ''WesternAnimation/ChuckNorrisKarateKommandos''.

The show was cancelled after four seasons.

* {{Hammerspace}}: Pigeon, somehow or another, has [[ArtisticLicenseBiology pockets]]. From which he he gets, at various times, anything from a wallet or cell phone to [[HandCannon a Magnum]][[PantsPositiveSafety revolver]].

* {{Hammerspace}}: Pigeon, somehow or another, has [[ArtisticLicenseBiology pockets]]. From which he he gets, at various times, anything from a wallet or cell phone to [[PantsPositiveSafety a Magnum revolver]].

* {{Hammerspace}}: Pigeon, somehow or another, has [[ArtisticLicenseBiology pockets]]. From which he pulls anything from a wallet or a cell phone to [[PantsPositiveSafety a Magnum revolver]].

* FantasyKitchenSink: Mike and co. have witnessed several supernatural beings, including (but not limited to): ghosts, demons, ancient gods, werewolves, chupacabras, lake monsters, aliens, killer robots, leprechauns, gnomes, the city of Atlantis...

* TooDumbToLive: Dr. Ensler in "Ty-Stunned", who was killed in the beginning of the episode by one of his clients, Charles Scurb a.k.a. "Chainsaw Charlie." Dr. Ensler wrote this in Charlie's file:

'''Yung Hee:''' No, dad, you're just [[DrivesLikeCrazy a bad driver,]] and now we're going to die!\\
'''Mike:''' No, Yung, we're not going to die, '''[[BreakingTheFourthWall 'CAUSE THIS IS A FUCKING CARTOON!]]'''

** In "The Bard's Curse" Mike gets new plates as he stops being a vegetarian.
-->'''Mike:''' '''B'''eef '''I'''s '''S'''ucculent, '''E'''nticing, '''X'''-rated (in terms of deliciousness), '''U''''nbelievably '''A'''ppetizing and '''L'''uscious. ''(beat)'' Or for short, BISEXUAL. Oh damn, we can't put these on the Mystery Mobile!

** Mike gets 'BI GUY' plates in "Mystery for Hire" to promote his vegetarianism:

-->'''Mike:''' '''B'''eef '''I'''s '''S'''ucculent, '''E'''nticing, '''X'''-rated (in terms of deliciousness), '''U''''nbelievably '''A'''ppetizing and '''L'''uscious. ''(beat)'' Or for short, BISEXUAL. Oh damn, we can't put these on the Mystery Mobile!

* BiTheWay: In a later episode, when Pigeon yells at Yung, asking if she's a lesbian, Yung answers that she might be pansexual, but doesn't care to put labels on her sexuality.

* ActorAllusion: In "Life is But a Dream", after Mike, Yung, and Piegon becomes ghosts like Marquess, Mike thinks he has to sound like a white person now. When Yung speaks, Mike notes that she sounds so white that she doesn't have a Korean accent anymore, not that she has an accent in the first place. That's mainly because her voice actress, Rachel Ramras, is white.

* BiTheWay: In a later episode, Yung mentions she might be pansexual, but doesn't care to put labels on her sexuality.

* InMediasRes: The Season 2 opener parodies this: Mike's kitchen is full of blood, Pigeon is laying apparently dead in the oven, Yung and Marquess are tied up, and Mike is crying. "How did we get here?" wonders Marquess. [[spoiler:The blood's actually a tomato, Pigeon's being melodramatic, Marquess' showing Yung a magic trick, Mike is watching ''Film/OnGoldenPond'']]

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Most seem very unfazed by the fact Mike Tyson runs mystery solving team with a ghost and talking Pidgeon. Even the women who had sex with Pigeon aren't even turned off by him despite the [[BestialityIsDepraved implication]].

--->'''Pigeon:''' Holy fuck! They cut off his head! Oh, my fucking God. What is that? Is that his dick? They cut off his dick and stuck it in his mouth! What the fuck! Where are his feet?

* BarbieDollAnatomy: Adverted with the men. It's invoked with women, however.

The premise of the show is Mike Tyson (AsHimself) leaves his home in UsefulNotes/LasVegas and goes off to solve mysteries around the world, along with his friends, consisting of a ghost known as Marquess of Queensberry, Mike's adopted daughter [[OnlySaneMan Yung Hee]], and [[TalkingAnimal Pigeon]] (voiced by Creator/NormMacDonald), a man whose ex-wife transformed him into, yes, a pigeon. Each week, the team are given a mystery to go off and solve, and HilarityEnsues, with Mike himself usually causing most of the problems.