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▲{{quote| '''Megamind:''' Oh, you're a villain all right. Just not a ''super'' one.<br />
▲{{spoiler|'''Titan'''}}: Oh yeah? What's the difference?<br />
'''Megamind:''' [[Evil Is Hammy|PRESENTATION!]] }}
In the [[Genre Savvy]] world of spoof superheroes, Megamind, [[Card-Carrying Villain|the greatest villain in the world]], is locked in an eternal battle against the seemingly [[Parody Stu|invincible and perfect]] Metro Man. In their last confrontation using Megamind's go-to [[
As he gloats over his victory, he soon realizes that his greatest wish was his worst nightmare: [[And Then What?|he had no plans]] for [[Victory Is Boring|what to do]] after he had gotten rid of Metro Man, and he is morose that [[Antagonist in Mourning|he no longer has somebody to fight against]]. To cure himself of this he creates a ''new'' superhero, Titan, to be his nemesis. But things do not turn out as planned, and it is up to him to stop his creation before it is too late.
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Not to be confused with ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' (despite the protagonist's blue-ness as well as the fact that the [[Heel Face Turn|villain's]] name is "''Mega'' Mind" and the hero's name is "Metro ''[[Something Person|Man]]''").
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Hal towards Roxanne, at least initially. He's inappropriate and awkward enough with his advances to make Roxanne very uncomfortable around him. {{spoiler|And then he gets superpowers, which does ''not'' help with this.}}
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'''Roxanne:''' That's sweet, Hal.
'''Hal:''' And I'd be watching you, like a dingo watches a human baby! ... Okay, that sounded a little creepy...
'''Roxanne:''' A ''little'' bit, yeah. }}
** It's [[Played for Laughs]], but when taken at face value, it becomes even more creepy, especially knowing what happens later.
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** Shool - School (although this could also be a "shul" reference in the sense of a synagogue and the education therein)
** RevAHnge - Revenge
** MelONkuhlee - Melancholy
** Speyayder - Spider, though that might have been for dramatic effect as he pronounces it correctly before he says speyayder.
* [[The Ace]]: Metro Man.
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* [[Alien Arts Are Appreciated]]: Inverted: Megamind, an alien, displays a notable fondness for Classic Rock and Pop music from Earth. Played with, in that he also seems to sincerely appreciate {{spoiler|Metro Man}}'s god-awful attempts at music (in this case, of course, he could just be doing a bit of buttering up to try and get the maker of said awful music on side).
* [[Alliterative Name]]: Megamind. Metro Man {{spoiler|later Music Man}}. Roxanne Ritchi. (Minion deserves an honorable mention for fitting the "M" theme.)
* [[All Animals Are Dogs|All Robots Are Dogs]]: The Brain-bots act like a big group of puppies when not carrying out an evil
** The Spider-bot in "The Button of Doom" short whimpers like a dog when Megamind tells Minion that he can't keep it, too. Minion even calls to it exactly like one.
* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Part of the reason for Megamind's [[Start of Darkness]].
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* [[And Starring]]: Brad Pitt gets the "And" credit.
* [[And Then What?]]: The premise of the movie. Megamind [[Punch Clock Villain|never expected to be able to actually kill Metro Man]], and the rest of the movie comes from Megamind trying to figure out what to do next.
* [[And This Is For]]: Titan does when fighting Megamind.
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* [[Antagonist in Mourning]]: Megamind after unexpectedly killing Metro Man {{spoiler|who was not really dead.}}
** Also inverted, since he's in the protagonist's role.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: {{spoiler|Megamind, later in the movie after Titan turns into villain.}}
** [[Classical
* [[Arch Enemy]]: To Metro Man, [[Punch Clock Villain|not that he actually dislikes him]].
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: After Megamind killed Metro Man he terrorized the city, looted tons of money, stole expensive paintings and he claimed the pet shop for his own.
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* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: The film was based on the premise, "What if Lex Luthor defeated [[Superman]]?"
* [[Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad]]: Megamind is taught this very early on by the prisoners of the penitentiary he grows up in. Later, when he is {{spoiler|extracting Metro Man's DNA to make another hero}}:
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'''Megamind:''' Yes! It's a very, ''wickedly'' bad idea for the greater good of bad! }}
** Later:
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* [[Bad to the Bone]]: The [[Trope Namer]] song is used in the movie, to great effect, as well as several other [[Badass]] themes (like "Welcome To The Jungle", "Highway to Hell", "Back In Black'' and [[Ozzy Osbourne|"Crazy Train"]]).▼
* [[Balance Between Good and Evil]]: [[Invoked]] by Megamind, who learns from experience that supervillains can not exist without superheroes.
* [[Bald of Awesome]]: Megamind. Do not deny it.
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* [[Becoming the Mask]]: Megamind in his disguise as Bernard with Roxie.
* [[Being Evil Sucks]]: The film is basically Megamind realizing this. It culminates with the following:
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* [[Beneath the Mask]]: Titan {{spoiler|is not as heroic as Megamind thought he would be.}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: Megamind presses a bunch of these {{spoiler|to get Titan to attack him}}. [[Unstoppable Rage|Big mistake]].
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* [[Boring Invincible Hero]]: Metro Man, it seems, has no weaknesses. {{spoiler|No, not even copper}}. The interesting thing is, it's boring to nobody ''except him''. And it makes sense. He says himself that at the part where {{spoiler|he fakes his own death}} that he's just "going through the motions." Megamind tries to take over the city, Metro Man defeats him. Day in and day out, (presumably) every single day. And the city keeps expecting him to do this for goodness-knows-how-long. He wants to do something else, darn it!
* [[Brains Evil, Brawn Good]]: At least, until {{spoiler|Brains wins, and creates a truly evil Brawn}}.
* [[Brainy Brunette]]: Roxanne.
* [[Brick Joke]]
** When Megamind says "Ollo" to answer the phone and again {{spoiler|just before depowering Titan.}}
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** A lesser example could be the Warden taunting Megamind at the beginning of the movie. The guy was practically setting himself up for Megamind to pull a dirty trick on him!
* [[But He Sounds Handsome]]: While Megamind is "fighting Bernard" and switching between his illusions to maintain the disguise in front of Roxanne, fake Bernard yells stuff about how strong, handsome and tough Megamind is.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Megamind himself. He is a comedy villain, so it is part of the job description.
** Hal, {{spoiler|before he becomes superpowered and evil.}}
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* [[Camp Straight]]: Megamind.
* [[Can't Believe I Said That]]: When Hal tries to get Roxie to go to his 'off the hook' party he lists the things he's arranged, including a bouncy house and a wedding photographer - you know just in case they do anything they want to keep forever... as a memory... When Roxie passes Hal berates himself for mentioning the bouncy house, because "Girls don't like bouncy houses, they like clowns!"
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* [[The Cape (trope)]]: Metro Man.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: The main cast are based upon characters from the [[Superman]] comics. Megamind is a [[Composite Character|mixture]] of Brainiac and Lex Luthor (with Superman's origin), {{spoiler|and by the end of Button of Doom has developed Batman-like characteristics}}, Metro Man is Superman himself, and Roxanne Ritchi is Lois Lane. Hal Stewart is Jimmy Olsen with the caveat that he has always hated Superman, whereas his name is a mash-up of [[Green Lantern]]'s Hal Jordan and John Stewart {{spoiler|and when he becomes Titan, he takes on aspects of Superboy-Prime.}}
* [[Cardboard Prison]]: Megamind is imprisoned there once in a while, serving out his 88 consecutive life sentences, only to waltz his way out and continue with his evil plans.
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* [[The Chew Toy]]: Bernard.
* [[Classic Villain]]: Megamind combines many iconic traits of comic book villains.
* [[
** Roxie starts in red, but switches to purple once she has fallen for Megamind as Bernard, and dresses in blue once she supports Megamind openly.
** Megamind's eyes are green to represent his envy of Metroman.
* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: {{spoiler|Titan only wanted to be a superhero to impress Roxie. He has no interest in being a do-gooder}}. Earlier, he also asked Roxie to come over to his house for a date where he had arranged for, among other things, a bouncy castle and "a wedding photographer"...''just in case'' Roxie decided to marry him then and there. Roxie is understandably unnerved and declines. Hal slaps himself and berates himself for being as stupid as to get...the bouncy castle, because everyone knows girls love clowns.
** Also, this moment when investigating {{spoiler|the deceased Metro Man's apparently long-abandoned stronghold:}}
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'''Megamind:''' Yes, that's what happens when water gets cold. }}
** Megamind, as [[Superman|''Space Dad'']], dubs {{spoiler|Hal}} as Titan for his superhero name, invoking powerful near-deities of incredible power. Instead, he hears it as ''Tighten'', as in ''to squeeze''. This is the name he winds up carving into Metro City during his rampage.
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* [[Contractual Genre Blindness]]: Megamind seems to cheerfully accept the fact that defeat is inevitable in his part of the conflict with Metro Man and operates accordingly. At the beginning, he even begins winding up his current plan under the assumption that it's failed without actually noticing that Metro Man is having a surprising amount of difficulty breaking out of his most recent trap. When Megamind actually ends up ''winning'', he's as astonished as everyone else.
* [[Conveniently Empty Building]]: {{spoiler|Titan and Megamind crash through one, though the roof and down through every floor.}}
** {{spoiler|Titan picks up an entire skyscraper and flings it at Megamind at one point, crushing several other buildings and carelessly knocking it into another as he turned it}}. If it wasn't made explicit that the city had been largely evacuated by this point, thus making these ''all'' [[Conveniently Empty Building
* [[Create Your Own Villain]]: Played with. The supervillainous Megamind tries to create his own ''hero'' because he needs someone to do battle with. But his creation turns out to be even [[Eviler Than Thou|more evil than him]], and doesn't have the same [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|moral standings]] his previous rival had.
* [[Credits Gag]]: Clean out your pockets, Megamind.
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* [[Curse Cut Short]]: At one point, Megamind and Minion are walking to "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC, which gets cut off by another song right as they get to the first instance of 'Hell' in the song. Then it's [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] when Minion fiddles with the boombox's controls, trying to turn it off, and it switches back to the song and the word 'Hell' is almost the ''only'' word heard before switching away again.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Roxanne is a parody of this; she is so used to being kidnapped and rescued that she is not fazed by it anymore. {{spoiler|However, she really ends up being in danger by the end.}}
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'''Megamind:''' You of all people know we discontinued that promotion. }}
* [[Dance Party Ending]]: With [[Michael Jackson|"Bad"]], no less.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Roxanne Ritchi. Helps her get through each kidnapping by the hands of Megamind until Metro Man comes to rescue her, [[Mundane Fantastic|as usual]], and she can go on with the rest of her day.
* [[Death Ray]]: How Megamind {{spoiler|supposedly}} kills Metro Man.
* [[Deconstruction]]: The movie examines the relationship there would have to be between Hero and Villain, and that a [[Super-Hero Origin]] can just as easily apply to a villain. It also looks at the classic Silver Age story of [[Superman]]'s Pal, Jimmy Olsen, getting powers. Mostly, it deconstructs [[The Bad Guy Wins]] plot, as the villain no longer has what drives him after the death of his nemesis.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: At one point Metro Man's heart is described as "an ocean inside of a bigger ocean".
** "Metro City City Hall".
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* [[Designated Victim]]: The role Roxanne has been given in the conflict between Metro Man and Megamind. She responds to this with [[Deadpan Snarker|little more than exasperation]].
* [[Determinator]]: Being so fully invested in the "proper" dance between heroes and villains means that Megamind never thought his plans had a chance of succeeding anyway. So he's been losing to Metro Man repeatedly over the course of his life, 100% failure rating... yet he's never let that be an excuse to give up, but instead let it encourage him to get more creative. Near the end, Roxanne reminds him of this, saying it's his best quality - and convincing him to wade into a hopeless situation once again.
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* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: {{spoiler|Minion. Except he's not really dying. He just likes milking the moment for all the drama he can.}}
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: In a weird reversal, Metro Man's parents are hinted to be very uninterested (his father doesn't even look up from his newspaper when he's ''flying'' as a baby), while Megamind's "parents" (the prison inmates) treat him warmly like family, despite teaching him [[Broken Aesop
* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Minion. At the end of the movie, his fishbowl is broken. He gasps for air in a sequence similar to King Harold in ''[[Shrek]] the Third'', and then "dies"}}. However, {{spoiler|Megamind throws him into a nearby fountain, reviving him}}. He apparently [[Large Ham|did it for the sake of drama]].
* [[The Ditz]]: Hal strays into this territory at times. Honestly, his idea of romance is something you'd find in a kid's birthday party.
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** Comes to a head when he discovers that {{spoiler|Metro Man is still alive. His reaction: ask the ethereal shade what messages he brings from beyond, and ''poke his face'' to see if he's incorporeal.}}
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Deconstructed with Hal, who has all the dogged determination but lacks a few of the required qualities.
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"]]/[[That Man Is Dead]]:{{spoiler|Titan tells Roxanne never to call him Hal ever again. He is Titan from now on.}}
** {{spoiler|Metro Man calls himself Music Man after faking his death, so that he doesn't have to change the M on his costume.}}
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: Both Megamind and Metro Man come from one. As a bonus, it turns out they are from the same star system.
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** Granted, he hasn't exactly had time to practice and improve yet. Maybe he just needs lessons.
* [[Dreamworks Face]]: Typically included in promo art. Lampshaded in ''The Button of Doom'':
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* [[Drunk with Power]]: {{spoiler|Titan.}}
* [[Dueling Movies]]: ''[[Despicable Me]]''
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* [[Enfant Terrible]]: Subverted. He was destructive even as an infant, with a knack for creating "objects of mayhem", but he [[Children Are Innocent|was not malicious]] [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid|about it]].
* [[Entitled to Have You]]: A big part of what makes Hal so creepy.
* [[Eskimos Aren't Real]]: "There is no Easter bunny, there is no tooth fairy, and there is no queen of England!"▼
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: Hilariously invoked with {{spoiler|Titan}}, who's angry at Megamind for, among other things, "lying" to [[Paper-Thin Disguise|Space Step Mom]].
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Want to defeat your arch-nemesis and rule the world? Go knock yourself out. {{spoiler|Want to ''destroy'' the city because of [[Who's Laughing Now?|all your bottled-up resentment from a lifetime of rejection]]?}} Not cool. At least, Megamind knows how to take "no" for an answer.
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* [[Everythings Funkier With Disco]]: Megamind has a [[Pit Trap]] full of alligators, a disco ball, and disco music.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Megamind to Metro Man {{spoiler|Later Titan takes Megamind's place}}
* [[Evil Is Cool]]:
** Megamind [[Invoked Trope|decides to be a]] [[Card-Carrying Villain]] because he was constantly being compared to Metro Man, even in school.
** {{spoiler|Titan decides to be a villain for this, even more so than Megamind.}}
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* [[Evil Is Petty]]: {{spoiler|Titan. Hoo boy...}}
* [[Evil Is Stylish]]: Megamind knows how it goes.
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'''{{spoiler|Titan}}:''' What's the difference?
'''Megamind:''' '''Presentation!''' }}
** Also, Minion demonstrates a hilarious and surprising sophistication, in being able to identify the specific kind of cologne Megamind is wearing, by smell.
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* [[Evil Laugh]]: Done with great gusto, Megamind enjoys villainous cackling.
* [[Evil Minions]]
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* [[For the Evulz]]: Subverted by Megamind; he ''is'' a [[Card-Carrying Villain]], but sees his wrongdoings as a form of self-expression rather than an end unto itself. {{spoiler|Played straight with Titan, who obviously enjoys causing mayhem with complete impunity.}}
* [[For Your Own Good]]: Minion's excuse to stop Megamind from {{spoiler|dating Roxanne.}}
* [[Freak-Out]]: {{spoiler|Hal/Titan}} does ''not'' take well to all of his [[Berserk Button
* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: When Megamind and Metroman are bantering at the beginning of the film there are one or two frames where {{spoiler|Metroman has disappeared from the observatory and can be seen behind Megamind.}} This actually leads to a continuity error when you realize {{spoiler|that during the [[Time Stands Still]] sequence later, Megamind is clearly in a different part of his speech.}}
** Quite appropriate for a film with [[Fight Club|Brad Pitt]].
** Also, the other functions of the de-gun can be seen this way. The most notable are "demoralize", "de-ath ray" and "decoupage".
* [[Friendless Background]]: If not for Minion, this would be Megamind. ''So much''.
* [[Friendly Enemies]]: Megamind and Metro Man. When Megamind makes his reveal at the beginning that he had captured Roxanne in his latest ploy, Metro Man plays his part with the usual "You won't get away with this!" lines. Roxanne, as said before, is not as excited to be part of the show.
* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: {{spoiler|Hal to Titan.}}
* [[Funny Background Event]]: While investigating Metro Man's hideout, Roxanne and Megamind come across a glass of water and wonder about the fact that it still has ice cubes in it. {{spoiler|Meanwhile, Metro Man -- who they think is ''dead'' -- comes in, notices them, and frantically tries to sneak out without being noticed. We find out a few seconds later he has [[Super Speed]], making this an example of [[Rule of Funny]]. Alternately, he just panicked.}}
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* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Megamind compensates for his lack of superpowers with his ability to build insane gizmos in a matter of minutes.
* [[Gangsta Style]]:
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* [[Genius Bruiser]]: {{spoiler|Metro Man's flashback reveals that he is actually a pretty smart guy.}}
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Megamind and Metro Man are both really practiced at what their roles as [[Superhero]] and [[Super Villain]] include. Megamind is happy to submit to being defeated each time he tries an "evil" scheme. He actually ends up so depressed at having defeated his arch-nemesis that he fakes an origin story for a new [[Superhero]] to arise and defeat his "reign of terror".
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** Also, his eyes remain unchanged no matter who he's impersonating. This appears to be the case with anyone using the holo-watch (Minion as well)... with one exception probably used to heighten drama, because the scene would've been had a different feel if you figured it out too fast.
* [[The Glomp]]: {{spoiler|Roxanne to Megamind in the final scene.}}
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: When Titan is about to use his eye-
* [[Good Colors, Evil Colors]]: Subverted in The Button of Doom: {{spoiler|Megamind starts out trying to fulfill his new role as Defender by replacing his black "Villain" suit with a white outfit and bulky gadgets mimicking Metro Man's powers. But after realizing that he's better off fighting threats ''[[Be Yourself|his]]'' [[Be Yourself|way]], he settles with [[Dark Is Not Evil|defending Metro City in his old suit]].}}
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: When {{spoiler|Minion disguised as Megamind is [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]}}, the screen momentarily goes black, before cutting to Roxanne's reaction.
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* [[Green Eyes]]: Megamind has them. Huge, sweet, green eyes. Whenever he uses his watch to disguise himself as someone else, his eyes are always unchanged.
* [[Ham-to-Ham Combat]]/[[You Fight Like a Cow]]: Fights between Megamind and Metro Man involve a lot of this. When duking it out with {{spoiler|Titan}} for the first time, Megamind tries it on his new enemy, but realizes he is too bull-headed and spiteful for this kind of duel.
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'''{{spoiler|Titan}}:''' [[Angrish|RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHH]]!
'''Megamind:''' Okay, look, I don't really know where to go with that! }}
* [[Hartman Hips]]: Roxanne.
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* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]: Megamind is this in spades, he even claims that he wears "Custom made, baby seal leather boots".
* [[A Hell of a Time]]
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'''Minion:''' I'm sure they're smiling down from [[Hell|Evil Heaven!]]. }}
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Roxanne.
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** Hal is [[How to Train Your Dragon (animation)|Snotlout]].
* [[High Collar of Doom]]: Megamind just loves 'em. He even has one on his pajamas.
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** Even his supposedly standard issue prison uniform has a high collar.
** Megamind's parents too, so it doubles as villainous and a piece of his culture.
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* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Megamind's huge robot suit he uses {{spoiler|in his first fight with Titan.}}
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]:
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* [[Idiot Hero]]: Titan, big time. {{spoiler|Until he turns evil, that is.}}
* [[If I Can't Have You]]: {{spoiler|Titan's reaction to Roxanne rejecting him.}}
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: {{spoiler|Metro Man's tired of being the [[Designated Hero]] [[Because Destiny Says So|just because it is expected of him]], so he [[Faking the Dead|fakes his death]] and [[He's Just Hiding|goes into hiding]] so he can be left alone to do his own thing.}}
** Also implied with Megamind, especially after he {{spoiler|falls in love with Roxanne.}}
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* [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: {{spoiler|Minion disguised as Megamind}} on the skyscraper's anntena when {{spoiler|Titan}} throws it like a javelin.
* [[Imposter Forgot One Detail]]: {{spoiler|Titan realizes that Metro Man is actually a disguised Megamind when he pronounces "Metro City" as "Metrocity".}}
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* [[Leitmotif]]: The riff from George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone" is frequently used to represent Megamind, presented in different styles depending on the situation.
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Megamind isn't quite as incompetent as initially believed, it's just that he has a problem with not beta-testing his evil plans to iron out the kinks and he is generally [[Overshadowed by Awesome|outmatched by Metro Man]]. But normally, whomever utters the quote "You [[Who Dares?|dare]] challenge me?" won't actually accomplish much, rather using it as a statement of overconfidence to brag about how supposedly unstoppable they are. But when you hear the phrase "You '''''dare''''' challenge Megamind?!", shit just got ''real!''
* [[Licensed Game
* [[Light Is Good]]: Metroman
* [[Like an Old Married Couple]]: Invoked by Hal, who mistakes Roxie's frightened terror for a lover's argument.
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* [[Malaproper]]: Megamind
* [[Man Child]]: Hal. {{spoiler|Then [[Ascended Fanboy|he]] [[Deconstruction|gets]] [[Psychopathic Manchild|superpowers]].}}
* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]: Roxanne and Megamind. Megamind is quite flamboyant, while Roxanne seems to have a more domineering personality.
* [[Master of Disguise]]: Megamind, thanks to a special watch.
* [[A Match Made in Stockholm]]
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* [[Metaphorgotten]]: Multiple occasions.
** Roxanne is guilty of this at the museum opening:
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** Then there's Hal:
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** Metro Man and Megamind take battle banter to this level:
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'''Metro Man:''' You can't trap justice. It's an idea... a belief!
'''Megamind:''' Even the most heartfelt beliefs can be corroded over time.
'''Metro Man:''' Justice is a non corrosive metal!
'''Megamind:''' Metals can be melted by the heat of ''revanche''.
'''Metro Man:''' It's "revenge" and it's best served ''cold''!
'''Megamind:''' But it can be easily reheated in the microwave of evil!
'''Metro Man:''' Well I think your warranty is about to expire!
'''Megamind:''' Well, maybe I got an extended warranty!
'''Metro Man:''' Warranty is invalid if not used for its intended purpose!
'''Roxanne:''' Girls, girls, you're BOTH pretty! Can I go home now? }}
* [[Minion with an F In Evil]]: Minion is so pleasant throughout the entire film, that it's highly likely that he went along with Megamind's evil plans less because of being evil and more because it seemed to make his master/friend happy.
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* [[Moses in the Bulrushes]]: Megamind's parents (and Metro Man's parents) sent their children off in escape pods to escape their planets being pulled into a black hole.
* [[Motion Capture Mecha]]: Megamind has one.
* [[Murphy's Bed]]: Hal is trapped inside his Murphy Bed twice in quick succession, first when he is knocked into it by his front door, and secondly when he is hit over the head with the "Forget-Me Stick".
* [[My Brain Is Big]]: As you can see in the picture.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: The spider ''[[Canis Latinicus|Arachnis deathicus]]''. Which Megamind had [[Blatant Lies|totally planned to threaten Roxanne with]].
* [[Necessarily Evil]]: Megamind decides to become a villain after he understands that the position of [[The Cape (trope)]] has been filled by Metro Man, who needs a [[Foil]].
* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]: [[Megane|Bernard]] and Megamind.
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Averted with "die", but played painfully straight with "kill", even though the whole premise of the movie was "Villain finally offs his nemesis, [[So What Do We Do Now?|what now]]?". Metro Man is explicitly mentioned as being dead, but Megamind only "destroyed" him. Even Titan finds ways to avoid explicitly saying he'll kill someone, whilst making it perfectly clear what his intentions are.
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* [[Noble Demon]]: Megamind himself, arguably. Defeating Metro Man and taking over Metro City is one thing, but ''actual'' mayhem or oppression? That wouldn't be sporting.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Megamind's "Space Dad" impression is a parody of [[Marlon Brando]] as Jor-El. As per [[Rule of Funny]], he speaks with [[The Godfather|Don Corleone]]'s speech mannerisms.
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'''Titan:''' What kind of power?
'''Megamind:''' Unfavmable. It's unf... it's without fathom. }}
* [[No Infantile Amnesia]]: Megamind still remembers (most) of the last thing his parents said to him...when he was eight days old. Of course, he ''is'' an alien...
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* [[No One Could Survive That]]: [[Zig-Zagging Trope|Zig-zagged]], like so much else in the movie. {{spoiler|Megamind does not actually think Metro Man is dead, but wait, [[Subverted Trope|he is]]! Until it turns out [[Double Subversion|he is not]].}}
* [[No Secret Identity]]: Metro Man has no secret identity (which makes sense since he was using his powers ''openly'' at elementary school). This could be one of the reasons {{spoiler|he burns out, since he has no secret identity to relax in.}}
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* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: Hal's doomed-to-fail invitation to his party,
* [[The Not Love Interest]]: Roxanne and Metro Man were never actually involved, despite what Megamind and most of Metro City seems to believe. Roxanne explicitedly says that despite appreciating the guy, Metro Man was too "larger than life" to really appeal to her.
* [[Not in the Face]]: Titan says this to {{spoiler|Megamind disguised as}} Metro Man.
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* [[Oh Crap]]: Megamind, when {{spoiler|Titan}} tells him he plans to {{spoiler|''kill him''.}}
** Megamind, when Roxanne discovers his hideout:
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'''Roxanne:''' This is the only building in Metro City with a fake observatory on the roof!
'''Megamind:''' ''[[[Oh Crap]] face]'' ... Oh-kay. [[Tempting Fate|There's no way she'll find the secret entrance]] --
'''Roxanne:''' ''[Excited squeal]'' There's a doormat here that says 'secret entrance'! }}
** {{spoiler|Titan}} gets one himself when it looks like {{spoiler|Metro Man}} has returned to kick his ass. It turns out to be {{spoiler|Megamind using his holographic disguise watch}}. {{spoiler|Titan}} returns the favor when he [[Something Only They Would Say|manages to see through the deception]].
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* [[Pimped-Out Car]]: After a fight with Megamind, we see Minion ride away on a pimped out Segway. The motorcyle that can fly and the car that can turn invisible might be considered "pimped out" as well.
* [[Please Wake Up]]: Subverted with {{spoiler|Minion}}. Megamind is not fooled.
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* [[Police Are Useless]]: After Megamind takes over the city, he gets free rein to do whatever he wants, and the only person who even ''tries'' to stop him is Roxanne. Specifically, the scene immediately after Metro Man's death is of the police department gathered en mass outside City Hall, preparing for a final showdown... until Megamind cheerfully tells them to "Drop 'em!", at which point ''all'' of them immediately drop their weapons and capitulate without a fight.
* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: At one point Titan uses his X-Ray vision to look into Roxanne's apartment. [[Peeping Tom]], much?
* [[Projected Man]]: One of Megamind's acts. Specifically, using the brainbots to form a huge version of his head.
** Reprised in "Button of Doom".
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: Titan.
* [[Punch Clock Hero]]/[[Punch Clock Villain]]/[[Not a Game]]: Megamind and Metro Man's battles had their
** It's interesting to note that Megamind is visibly ''distressed'' when Metro Man is in danger, and it takes him a while to celebrate victory.
* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: Megamind and Roxanne manage this {{spoiler|when asking Metro Man how he survived Megamind's death ray.}}
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* [[Raised by Orcs]]: Megamind was raised by prisoners at a penitentiary. Surprisingly, he seems to have had a (relatively) happy and healthy childhood. When he {{spoiler|gives up on the city}} and says that he is "going home", the next shot is Megamind turning himself in to the warden.
* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: When Megamind runs into Bernard at the Metro Man museum, Bernard (who is known to be an "expert" on Megamind) thinks that Megamind is just some cosplayer.
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* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Megamind manages to provide one to Titan with ''two sentences'' near the end of the movie.
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'''Megamind:''' I made you a hero. You did the fool thing all by yourself! }}
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: See [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]] above.
* [[Reed Richards Is Useless]]: Megamind tries cleaning up the city with the dehydrating gun, but doesn't actually pick the resulting cubes. Thus, during a sad scene, [[Empathic Environment|it starts raining]], so all the trash reappears.
** {{spoiler|Averted in the end, with Megamind's bots helping rebuild efficiently Metro City's destroyed real estate.}}
* [[The Seven Basic Plots|Regeneration/Redemption Plot]]: It'd be difficult to find a more exhaustive exploration of a character arc, from birth through raising through [[All of the Other Reindeer|rejection by the "normals"]] to the embracing of [[You Can't Fight Fate|the role "destiny" forced him into]]; the [[Love Redeems|catalyst for change]], debate over which role to accept, "wooing" of the protagonist [[Becoming the Mask|back toward the light]], unexpectedly challenging him<ref>(through a sort of justified [[
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* [[Rescue Romance]]: Roxanne gets hit with zig-zagging flavors of this.
** Metro Man is always saving Roxanne, {{spoiler|but they never had any romantic relationship at all; he was just "not her type"}}.
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** {{spoiler|Hal}} tries this at Megamind's suggestion, but he's too stupid to realize that dropping Roxanne to her near-death (repeatedly) does not count as a "rescue".
* [[The Resenter]]: Megamind, to varying degrees. This was his reason [[Then Let Me Be Evil|for turning evil]] in the first place... but it was also played with {{spoiler|in his romance with Roxanne.}}
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* [[Reset Button]]: [[Averted]] but [[Lampshaded]] when Megamind {{spoiler|disguised as Bernard}} admits he looked into it, but the science was impossible.
* [[Retired Badass]]: {{spoiler|Metro Man.}}
* [[Right-Hand-Cat]]: Megamind has this trope in mind when he kidnaps Roxanne at the start of the movie. He sits in a chair with his back to her, tries to look as menacing as possible... and then whistles for one of the Brain-bots to sit in his lap so he can pet it.
* [[The Rival]]: Megamind has viewed Metro Man as this since they were young boys.
* [[Rousseau Was Right]]: [[Double Subverted Trope|Double Subverted]], {{spoiler|While it's certainly played straight with Megamind , Titan is an unrepentant [[Jerkass]] and even throws it back in Roxanne's face when she tries to [[Invoked Trope|invoke]] the trope.}}
* [[Rouge Angles of Satin]]: '''Tighten'''ville.
* [[Rubber Forehead Alien]]: Megamind.
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*** Roxanne starts dressed in red, then mourns in black, switches to purple as she's warming up to Megamind and finally to blue when she's on his side.
*** Megamind symbolizes his full acceptance of his evil "destiny" with the switch to his darkest cape. More tellingly, he is instantly drawn to Metro Man's old cape as he's trying to play the hero (to the point of putting it on for a full scene), [[Refusal of the Call|refuses the call]] by dropping it at the heroine's feet, and later receives it from her when he's proven where his heart lies.
** There's also the different disguises Megamind takes on. Being the Warden at the start (a good guy who stops/contains bad guys) might even be a type of foreshadowing. He's Bernard when he's exploring the world of normal people, the prejudice stripped away for a while.<ref>and more could be said about his battle with himself when he's trying not to expose the deception to Roxanne</ref>
* [[Running Gag]]: The fact that all Megamind's strongest weapons need time to warm up.
** Amongst Will Ferrell movies: the water-skiing squirrel appears.
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* [[Samaritan Syndrome]]: Titan {{spoiler|refused to do this.}}
* [[Scenery Gorn]]: There is some very nice detailing in several of the scenes of mass destruction.
* [[Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up]]: Played with; the story establishes a conflict around a schoolyard bully who grew up to oppose his former victim... except the victim was the one who became the supervillain and the bully became the beloved superhero.
* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: Megamind. [[Lampshaded]] by Roxy ("Yeah, like that.")
* [[Screw Destiny]]: The running theme of the film. Megamind never learns what his parents meant for him and spends his life trying to live up to what he ''thought'' they said. {{spoiler|Metro Man becomes tired of being a superhero just because everyone expects him to be on and quits to become a musician. Titan refuses to be a hero just because Megamind demands he be one.}}
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*** He even jumps the barrels, when obviously he doesn't really have to.
** [[Barack Obama|"No, you can't!"]]
** [[Mark Twain|"Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated."]]
** Hal Stewart's name is a nod to [[Green Lantern|Hal Jordan and John Stewart]]. {{spoiler|All three of them received their powers from an alien. Most significantly, Hal is the one who famously turned evil because of ''yellow energy.''}}
** Look around Megamind's office after he takes over the city. Is that [[Raiders of the Lost Ark|the Ark of the Covenant]]? Yup, it is.
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** Megamind's invisible car is a reference to [[Wonder Woman]]'s invisible airplane.
* [[Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids]]: The [[Hannibal Lecture]] delivered by {{spoiler|Titan}} at the end:
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* [[Sissy Villain]]: [[Averted]]. Megamind is not so much a sissy as he is a [[Large Ham]], though he still [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]. Even ''then'', [[Rule of Funny|only when the joke calls for it]].
* [[Slasher Smile]]: {{spoiler|Titan, when using his eye beams, once when melting the Megamind mannequin, and again when he's about to do the same thing on the real Megamind.}}
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* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Hal, Roxie's camera-man. {{spoiler|Her rejection of him as Titan begins his [[Start of Darkness]]. It is a bad sign that one of the first things Hal uses his new superpowers for is ''peeping''.}}
** Megamind might also count initially, since it's hinted that the only reason he kept kidnapping Roxanne is [[Abduction Is Love|because he's in love with her]] (in his warped not-really-knowing-or-understanding-what-that-actually-is way) and it's his way of being close to her. Unlike Hal, however, he gets better.
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* [[Stealth Pun]]: Minion is literally a henchman in a gorilla suit.
** During the "I'm Bad" finale, Minion is doing... The Robot.
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* [[Too Soon]]: Bernard is insulted by Megamind's "costume" in part because he just ''killed'' Metro Man. It's kind of in bad taste considering he's running around in a tribute to Metro Man.
** Bernard thought Megamind was someone dressed in a horrible Megamind costume; he wasn't insulted.
* [[Took a Level
** {{spoiler|Hal. As Hal, he is, well, Jonah Hill. As Titan, he is a muscular stud.}}
* [[Took a Level
* [[Trailers Always Lie]]: The trailers made ''
** [[What Could Have Been]]: The trailer that seems to indicate Metro Man merely retiring, and Megamind going straight from villain to savior of the city (without any intervening angst), lays out an equally interesting scenario. You could take about half of the existing movie, reframe it and build it up from that basis, and have a pretty neat story.
* [[Trial Balloon Question]]: Subverted by Roxanne. {{spoiler|She would not mind if he was an alien species... but it is actions that determine a person.}}
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* [[Troperiffic]]: The whole point of the movie is to [[Double Subversion|double subvert]] as many superhero genre conventions as possible. And many of the double subversions are also ''inversions''.
* [[Try Not to Die]] / [[Indy Ploy]]: Megamind's strategy for {{spoiler|defeating Titan.}}
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'''Megamind:''' It mostly involves not dying.
'''Roxanne:''' That's a good plan. I like that plan. }}
** Inverted earlier when Megamind gets out of prison to face {{spoiler|Titan}}.
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'''Megamind:''' ''(happily giggling)'' We're gonna die!
'''Minion:''' ''(laughs, then...)'' [[Big "What?"|Wait, what?!]] }}
* [[Uncomfortable Elevator Moment]]: Megamind, disguised as Bernard, spends some time on the elevator with Roxanne as the Metro Man Museum is about to blow up.
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* [[Unstoppable Rage]]/[[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: {{spoiler|Titan.}}
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: Metro Man lets a whole string of these out while trapped in the copper-lined observatory.
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'''Minion:''' ...crab nuggets? }}
* [[Victory Is Boring]]: The main motif of the movie.
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** When Roxanne says Megamind "should look back too", he manages to spot it. Either he's reminded that it's there, or the refraction is just enough to see when you know what to look for.
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]:
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'''Megamind:''' Your weakness is copper? ''[[You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!|You're kidding, right]]''? }}
* [[We Can Rule Together]]: {{spoiler|Titan}} tells Megamind that with [[Brains and Brawn|his power and Megamind's "big-headed-ness"]] they could rule the world. {{spoiler|Megamind refuses.}}
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* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Megamind to {{spoiler|Titan}}, twice in the same scene. First, upset that {{spoiler|Titan}} did not bother to show up to save the city from him, then when he sees {{spoiler|Titan decided to rob banks - and a bicycle.}}
** Megamind and Roxanne Ritchi's response to {{spoiler|Metro Man faking his death to pursue a career as a musician, turning his back on the Titan situation.}}
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'''Megamind:''' {{spoiler|No, no, I'm with you.}} }}
** He might not count as a hero yet, but this is Roxanne's reaction to Megamind when she finds out that he gave {{spoiler|Hal}} super powers.
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