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'''Megamind:''' [[Evil Is Hammy|PRESENTATION!]] }}

 

 

* [[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.}}

'''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.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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}}:

'''Megamind:''' Yes! It's a very, ''wickedly'' bad idea for the greater good of bad! }}

** Later:

* [[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.

* [[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:

* [[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]].

** 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.

* [[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.}}

* [[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!"

* [[The Cape]]: 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.}}

* [[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:}}

'''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.

* [[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.}}

'''Megamind:''' You of all people know we discontinued that promotion. }}

* [[Dance Party Ending]]: With [[Michael Jackson|"Bad"]], no less.

* [[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.

* [[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|Broken Aesops]].

** 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'':

* [[Drunk with Power]]: {{spoiler|Titan.}}

* [[Dueling Movies]]: ''[[Despicable Me]]''

* [[Evil Is Petty]]: {{spoiler|Titan. Hoo boy...}}

* [[Evil Is Stylish]]: Megamind knows how it goes.

'''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.

* [[Evil Laugh]]: Done with great gusto, Megamind enjoys villainous cackling.

* [[Evil Minions]]

* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Megamind compensates for his lack of superpowers with his ability to build insane gizmos in a matter of minutes.

* [[Gangsta Style]]:

* [[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".

* [[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.

'''{{spoiler|Titan}}:''' [[Angrish|RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHH]]!<br />

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

* [[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]]

'''Minion:''' I'm sure they're smiling down from [[Hell|Evil Heaven!]]. }}

* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Roxanne.

** Hal is [[How to Train Your Dragon (animation)|Snotlout]].

* [[High Collar of Doom]]: Megamind just loves 'em. He even has one on his pajamas.

** 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.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Megamind's huge robot suit he uses {{spoiler|in his first fight with Titan.}}

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]:

* [[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.}}

* [[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".}}

* [[Metaphorgotten]]: Multiple occasions.

** Roxanne is guilty of this at the museum opening:

** Then there's Hal:

** Metro Man and Megamind take battle banter to this level:

'''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.

* [[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.

'''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...

* [[Oh Crap]]: Megamind, when {{spoiler|Titan}} tells him he plans to {{spoiler|''kill him''.}}

** Megamind, when Roxanne discovers his hideout:

'''Megamind:''' ''[[[Oh Crap]] face]'' ... Oh-kay. [[Tempting Fate|There's no way she'll find the secret entrance]] --<br />

'''Roxanne:''' ''[Excited squeal]'' There's a doormat here that says 'secret entrance'! }}

* [[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.

* [[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?

* [[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.

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Megamind manages to provide one to Titan with ''two sentences'' near the end of the movie.

'''Megamind:''' I made you a hero. You did the fool thing all by yourself! }}

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: See [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]] above.

** {{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.}}

* [[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.}}

** 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:

* [[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.}}

** [[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.}}

* [[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.}}

'''Roxanne:''' That's a good plan. I like that plan. }}

** Inverted earlier when Megamind gets out of prison to face {{spoiler|Titan}}.

'''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.

* [[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.

'''Minion:''' ...crab nuggets? }}

* [[Victory Is Boring]]: The main motif of the movie.

** 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]]:

'''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.}}

* [[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.}}

'''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.