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* [[The Chew Toy]]: Bernard.

* [[Classic Villain]]: Megamind combines many iconic traits of comic book villains.

* [[~~Colour~~-Coded for Your Convenience]]: Megamind in black {{spoiler|but Roxie puts Metro Man's old white cape on him after his [[Heel Face Turn]]}}, Metro Man in white, and Roxie in [[Lady in Red|red]]. {{spoiler|Titan}} wears red and white, a strong contrast against the black clothed/blue skinned Megamind.

* [[Color-Coded for Your Convenience]]: Megamind in black {{spoiler|but Roxie puts Metro Man's old white cape on him after his [[Heel Face Turn]]}}, Metro Man in white, and Roxie in [[Lady in Red|red]]. {{spoiler|Titan}} wears red and white, a strong contrast against the black clothed/blue skinned Megamind.

** 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.

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* [[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.

{{quote|'''Megamind:''' Now it's time for some witty back-and-forth banter! You go first!

'''{{spoiler|Titan}}:''' [[Angrish|RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHH]]!

'''Megamind:''' Okay, look, I don't really know where to go with that! }}

* [[Hartman Hips]]: Roxanne.

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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.}}

* [[No ~~Sell~~]]: Metroman, when Roxanne is throwing things at him and he doesn't react at all. Even as a large stereo speaker is smashed against him, he doesn't even blink or acknowledge what is happening. His hair does get a little messed up.

* [[Won't Work On Me]]: Metroman, when Roxanne is throwing things at him and he doesn't react at all. Even as a large stereo speaker is smashed against him, he doesn't even blink or acknowledge what is happening. His hair does get a little messed up.

* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: Hal's doomed-to-fail invitation to his party,<ref>complete with wedding photographer</ref> is made worse by him moving back into Roxanne's line of sight when she tries to move away.

* [[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.

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{{quote|'''Megamind:''' HOW DID SHE FIND MY HIDEOUT -- uh, how did you find his hideout?

'''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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* [[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 [[~~Heel~~ ~~Face Door Slam~~]] followed by the revelation that he can't go back to the way it was - the rules have changed)</ref> to do more than ''play'' at normalcy, to [[Taking Up the Mantle|pick up the hero's mantle]]... then a [[Refusal of the Call]], but [[The Call Knows Where You Live|it's not that easy]], and our [[Iron Woobie]]<ref>I'm not really sure which Woobie is right for him, but this one seems most likely aside from those puppy-dog eyes and "Did you ever look back?"</ref> protagonist has to ''[[The Determinator|work]]'' [[Earn Your Happy Ending|for his happy ending]].

* [[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 [[Deadly Change-of-Heart]] followed by the revelation that he can't go back to the way it was - the rules have changed)</ref> to do more than ''play'' at normalcy, to [[Taking Up the Mantle|pick up the hero's mantle]]... then a [[Refusal of the Call]], but [[The Call Knows Where You Live|it's not that easy]], and our [[Iron Woobie]]<ref>I'm not really sure which Woobie is right for him, but this one seems most likely aside from those puppy-dog eyes and "Did you ever look back?"</ref> protagonist has to ''[[The Determinator|work]]'' [[Earn Your Happy Ending|for his happy ending]].

* [[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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* [[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 In Badass]]/[[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Megamind in the final act.

* [[Took a Level in Badass]]/[[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Megamind in the final act.

** {{spoiler|Hal. As Hal, he is, well, Jonah Hill. As Titan, he is a muscular stud.}}

* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: {{spoiler|Titan.}}

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