User blog comment:KidLego09/Max - Funny/Failed Antagonist and Opinions/@comment-4742462-20141218184751

This purple-haired hippo was such a terrible character. Basically Pahkitew Island's answer to Owen, Cody, Lightning, and Scott - The floater character whose only purpose is to be the (unfunny) comic relief and somehow makes it as far as the Final 5. He's even worse than most of the aforementioned as he has the extra element of being eliminated at least once only to have the votes be backpedaled for BS reasons.

His trademark 'time to evil!' is pretty annoying the first time, and by the 20th time he spouts it I just wanted to strangle him! He should've been eliminated in Mo Monkey Mo Problems alongside Ella as he did nothing in the last four episodes aside from being involved in the most pointless team switch in the show's history (as it would only be valid for one episode and ultimately amounted to nothing)

And then of course there's the fact that he made it as far as 5th place. Not only was it undeserved, but the fact that he outranked Scarlett turned her elimination into a total slap in the face (though to be fair, the last few minutes of Scarlett Fever completely ruin the previous 15 due to Miles Smith realizing he needed to wrap it up as quickly and lazily as possible). Had I been Scarlett, I would've pushed him off a cliff 5 minutes after setting foot on the island.

All the things stated above make him a Writer's Pet in my eyes. I had a feeling I would hate Max when I saw the storyboards last year, and that turned out to be accurate. The only positive thing I can say about him is that the only time he was tolerable was in Twinning Isn't Everything and I Love You, I Love You Knots which were otherwise overrated or terrible episodes.

As a 3rd Generation character, he's the 2nd worst. But on an overall ranking, he's one of the 10 worst characters of the entire series. If I never have to see his literal ugly mug again, it will be too soon.