Megamind: Difference between revisions

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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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* [[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.

{{quote|'''Titan:''' {{spoiler|This is for stealing my girlfriend!}} This one's for Space Dad making a fool out of me! And Megamind, this one's for Space Stepmom! You ''lied'' to her! }}

* [[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 ~~Antihero~~]]

** [[Classical Anti-Hero]]

* [[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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* [[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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* [[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!"

{{quote|'''Hal:''' Roxie, if I was Metro Man, I'd watch you like a dingo watches a human baby. Wait… (Also counts as [[Foreshadowing]].)}}

* [[The Cape]]: Metro Man.

* [[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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* [[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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* [[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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** 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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* [[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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* [[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]] has been filled by Metro Man, who needs a [[Foil]].

* [[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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* [[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".

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* [[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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* [[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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** Also, the "observatory" plan counts on {{spoiler|Megamind knowing that Roxanne would give away his position, and pretending to act shocked at the reveal}}.

* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[The Incredibles]]'' meets ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Dr. Horrible]]'', with just a hint of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' thrown into the mix.

* [[Yandere]]: {{spoiler|Titan to Roxanne}}.

* [[Yandere (disambiguation)]]: {{spoiler|Titan to Roxanne}}.

* [[Your Costume Needs Work]]: As Megamind flees the Metro Man museum, {{spoiler|which he is trying to blow up}}, he runs into Bernard, who starts deriding him for his "tasteless costume".