John Oliver has a plan to save the Hollywood Super Hero. The HBO "Last Week Tonight" host recently took a break from his stinging criticisms of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to weigh in on what he sees as an under-performing genre.

"Every year, the market is flooded with movies about superheroes," he said. "Just this year, blockbusters included movies ranging from 'Mean Spider-Man' ["Deadpool"] to 'Sad Man Versus Super Sad Man' ["Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice"] to 'The Insane Clown Posse Takes Manhattan' ["Suicide Squad"]. I do think some audience members are becoming fatigued from watching the same characters over and over again."

Oliver's Vision

Oliver's proposed solution centers on a plan calling for the creation of a superhero molded in the image of a fifth grader.

"Johnny Strong is a kickass hero with a bad attitude," he said of the character he further described as the alter ego of student-by-day John Oliver. "He's seen a boob and he knows what the F-word is. He intrepidly battles villains such as Doc Bedtime, a monster made of blankets that can magically plunge the world into total darkness. And of course there's the dreaded Mrs. Thomas the clarinet teacher."

Trump Advice

In week's past, Oliver's assault on Trump has ranged from him branding him "an imploding star" to encouraging him to end his White House run altogether.

"It seems that you have two really bad options here," he said in a direct appeal. "If you keep going, you're going to spend the next 11 weeks ramping up hatred in speeches, injecting poison into the American bloodstream that will take generations to remove, and denying the country the contest of ideas that the presidential campaign should actually be."

Among Trump's most controversial platform proposals has been a vow to deport some 11 million undocumented immigrants and a pledge to build a massive wall along the Mexican border to further keep them out.

"If you drop out in order to teach America a lesson, you would not be a loser, you would be a legend," Oliver assailed him.

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