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''Marvel Ultimate Alliance'' is an Action RPG series published by [[Activision]] and developed by Raven Software and Vicarious Visions, starring many of Marvel's most popular [[Superhero|superheroes]] and [[Super Villain|supervillains]]. A spiritual successor of sorts to the ''[[X Men Legends]]'' series (arguably a sequel to the second, but the first is in a continuity of its own), which was also developed by Raven. The first one was released in 2006 and took you through a tour of the [[Marvel Universe]] trying to stop [[Doctor Doom]] and his [[Legion of Doom|Masters of Evil]].
The sequel was released in 2009, developed solely by Vicarious Visions (due to Radaven opting to do the ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'' tie-in game on their own at the same time), is based on the ''Secret War'' and ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'' events before eventually splitting off into an original plotline altogether. The heroes are split into pro-reg and anti-reg as the plot progresses and the player's decisions will affect the ending as well as which characters they can choose.
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''' {{spoiler|Nanite!Nick Fury}}:''' You damn throwbacks are like ''bacteria'' compared to us! }}
* [[Action Girl]]: Is she a female playable character? Then she's an [[Action Girl]]. This applies to a lot of NPCs as well.
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: MUA 2 is this for the Civil War, faithfully recounting the essential moments of the storyline until the game's original endgame kicks in.
* [[Adventure Duo]]: The DLC for the second game created a team bonus for Best Friends? (Cable & Deadpool, Spider-Man & Venom).
* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: The final boss of the second game, {{spoiler|Cyborg Nick Fury}}, has access to the abilities of those {{spoiler|infected by the Fold}}. He makes much use of a bunch of them.
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* [[Amusement Park of Doom]]: Murderworld
* [[Apocalypse How]]: {{spoiler|Doom's misuse of Odin's power threatens a Class X-4.}}
* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: No, [[Captain America (comics)]], you can't fly. Stop trying to follow [[Iron Man]] across the [[Bottomless Pit]].
** "The villains are throwing bombs! Let's not make an attempt to avoid them! Durrrrr..."
* [[Ascended Meme]]: One of Juggernaut's Heroic Deed Boosts is called "Know Who I Am", a possible reference to the "I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!" meme.
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* [[Bonus Boss]]: In the first DLC pack for MUA 2, one of the Sim Missions is a boss battle against {{spoiler|Magneto}}.
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: In MUA 1, Medusa and all the non-playable X-Men you encounter (except for Colossus and [[Downloadable Content|possibly Cyclops]]).
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Deadpool, duh.
{{quote|'''Deadpool:''' And YOU! (points to the screen) YOU THINK IT MAKES ME LESS OF A MAN IF I CAME HERE FOR THE CHERRY FESTIVAL? YOU'RE LAUGHING WITH YOUR EYES! I CAN SEE IT! TIME FOR A BOSS BATTLE SUCKERS! }}
** In fact, during the credits of the second game, {{spoiler|Deadpool visits the developer and complains about how he isn't stronger than everyone else. In response the developer further nerfs him and threatens to make him DLC.}}
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* [[Create Your Own Villain]]: Lucia von Bardas, cyborg.
* [[Creator Cameo]]: Senator Lieber in MUA 2 is very obviously [[Stan Lee]]. Deadpool lampshades it by asking if he's seen him somewhere before.
** Stan Lee's name is Stanley Lieber, natch.
* [[Combination Attack]]: The Fusion moves in MUA 2, replacing the [[Limit Break|Xtremes]] in MUA 1 and ''X-Men Legends''.
* [[Comes Great Responsibility]]
{{quote|'''You:''' It's your responsibility to tell Colonel Fury about the Black Widow.
'''Spider-Man:''' No, it isn't.
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* [[Downloadable Content]]: Both games had limited-time-offer DLC.
* [[Dual Boss]]: A frequent occurrence in the first game. Of course, your own team has ''four'' members, so most bosses are still outnumbered.
* [[Dummied Out]]: [[Moon Knight]] and Colossus in the [[Xbox]], [[PlayStation 2|PS2]] and [[
* [[Enemy Civil War]]: Mandarin's failed rebellion (off-screen). Later, Galactus vs. the Skrull.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: See [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] above.
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** [[Dark Chick]]: Enchantress
* [[Five-Man Band]]: The main stars of MUA1:
** [[The Hero]]: [[Captain America (comics)]]
** [[The Lancer]]: [[Wolverine]]
** [[The Chick]]: [[Spider-Man]]
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** Hell, even some enemies you defeat in the Asgard missions in the first game are like this. Could be kinda [[Narm|Narmish]] if it wasn't you beating the crap out of them.
* [[Legion of Doom|Legion Of Dr. Doom]]- Doom's Masters of Evil.
* [[Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards]]: In the second game especially. Characters like [[Iron Man]] are useful at the start while [[X-Men|Jean Grey]] or [[Fantastic Four|Sue Richards]] are not. However as you progress further and further, [[Iron Man]] starts to get his ass handed to him by the fold and Sue [[Game Breaker|obliterates everything in sight.]] Something's not quite right there...
* [[Look Behind You!]]: Ms. Marvel to Shocker, when you find her in the underground weapon-smuggling tunnel in ''2''. He makes it seem he's not fooled until he turns around... and sees your team there.
* [[Lost Forever]]: Activision refused to renew their contract with Marvel, citing poor sales, so any downloadable content for either game was removed from the Xbox 360 and [[PlayStation 3]] marketplaces; their reasoning was that the characters "were always a limited offer." With ''MUA1'', at least, the player can hunt down a copy of the [[Game of the Year Edition|Gold version]] which contains all the DLC on-disc or mod the PC version to add them in, but with ''MUA2'', no such version exists yet, so new players are stuck without the additional characters. Did we mention that you need access to DLC to play online with other people?
** Actually Activision added the DLC back online recently for ''MUA2'' so for those of you who didn't get to fulfill your dreams of [[Vitriolic Best Buds|Cable and Deadpool]] in a team or [[Enemy Mine|Spidey, Green Goblin, Venom and Carnage]] in their own little group... now's your chance.
** Unfortunately, if you're a [[PlayStation 3]] user in anywhere except the US, apparently you're still screwed as it's not been put up yet, and there's no word on a release date.
** And of course, was only available until December 31st, 2010. Gone now.
* [[The Mole]]: The majority of heroes highly suspect that {{spoiler|Black Widow}} is one. {{spoiler|Turns out they were right. (See [[The Stinger]])}}
* [[Mecha-Mooks]]
* [[Mooks]]
* [[Multiple Endings]]: MUA 1 had short vignettes at the end that changed depending on which optional objectives you completed. MUA 2 has a more traditional instance in that the side you choose at the beginning of the Civil War decides whether the Superhuman Registration Act gets passed or not.
** [[Downer Ending]]: No matter {{spoiler|which [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Man]] you save in Mephisto's Realm in MUA 1, in the end either the X-Men will disband (if you save Jean Grey; Nightcrawler will die by falling into the Infinite Vortex and Mystique will kill Professor X to avenge her son) or the Dark Phoenix rises again (the other way around; you save Nightcrawler and send Jean to her "death"). But considering the frequency of that last one in the comics, guess which one most players went with.}}
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** You know those big hulking... things you run into at the omega base? Seem kind of intimidating, don't they? Then you run into them again in Asgard, and they talk. And they sound [[Simpleton Voice|exactly like you'd expect them to]]. Another enemy that suddenly talks in Asgard is the Clay Warrior. His "Halt! [[You Shall Not Pass]]!" might have been [[Badass]] if you hadn't just spent a level [[One-Hit-Point Wonder|one-shotting]] about two-hundred or so of his kind.
** In the first game, one of [[Doctor Doom]]'s victory phrases after defeating an enemy is "Finally! I have achieved my ultimate triumph!". When he says this after defeating Random Mook #284, it's either this or [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]].
* [[New Game+]]: Clearing MUA 2 on any difficulty level allows the player to replay the game on Legendary difficulty with all the stats from the previous runthrough. It also allows any character to be playable at all times, regardless of if you choose to be Pro-Reg or Anti-Reg.
** Similarly, the second playthrough onward of MUA 1, aside from having the Hard difficulty level unlocked, lets you use everyone you've unlocked (as well as letting you choose your team from the very start). Which is good if you want to use Dr. Strange, Black Panther, Daredevil, Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider or Nick Fury (indeed, teams such as Classic Avengers, Supernatural, Marvel Knights, Defenders and/or Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are impossible to field without these guys). Also, all the unlocked costumes, so you can turn up with Assassins (Wolvie Ultimate, Elektra Stealth, Deadpool Weapon X and Blade - any outfit but Original) all in black. ''And'' all the leveling you achieved up to that point (which, difficulty-wise, will seem like starting it all from scratch if you pick Hard).
* [[No Kill Like Overkill]]: After becoming all-powerful, Doom sees a wing of bombers descending on his castle. Despite these planes offering no threat to him, he opts to create a ''miniature supernova'' to destroy them. Ostentatious even by his standards.
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* [[Optional Party Member]]
* [[The Other Darrin]]: A lot of the voice cast changed between MUA 1 and MUA 2.
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: Ms. Marvel, Wolverine, and Spider-Man all have greater lifting strength. Ms. Marvel and Captain America also qualify for the team bonus "Bruisers".
* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: The Wii/PS2 MUA 2. Besides keeping the same gameplay as MUA 1, various sequences were cut out, like the rescue of Ms. Marvel and the Washington DC level (Ms. Marvel/Deadpool now show up from the beginning). Others were changed/shortened; The Goliath/Yellowjacket fight is practically a rehash of the {{spoiler|Galactus}} fight in MUA 1, and {{spoiler|Zombie!Von Bardas}} plans to blow up Times Square rather than bombing the riverfront. This leads to a bit of [[Fridge Logic]] when the subsequent cutscene still shows {{spoiler|Von Bardas}}'s barge going down the river.
* [[Press X to Not Die]]: Or rather, press X to hit the giant boss/avoid the giant boss's attack before it hits you. Only in MUA 1.
* [[Puny Earthlings]]: As you fight the natives of Atlantis, Mephisto's Realm, Asgard, the Shi'ar warship, and the Skrull planet (now featuring Galactus), this comes up quite a bit. Hilarious when Thor gets this treatment in Asgard.
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* [[Spared by the Adaptation]]: Goliath is implied to have survived the Pro-Reg boss fight against him. No one treats it as a [[Moral Event Horizon]], [[Angst? What Angst?|anyway]].
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: One of the trivia questions in the first game is what's the correct way of writing Spider-Man's name.
* [[Spin Attack]]: Several characters. Deadpool and Black Panther have particularly prominent ones.
* [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You|Spider-Man is About To Punch Your Face]]: or Shoot A Web At Your Face in the MUA 1 cover.
* [[The Stinger]]: At the end of MUA 1, {{spoiler|Black Widow is revealed to be a [[The Mole|double agent]], who's set up Weasel to take the fall.}} Also, Galactus vows revenge on the heroes. {{spoiler|That last one is quickly glossed over via a conversation with Thor in MUA 2, which implies that Galactus' revenge [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome|happened offscreen between the two games.]]}}
* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: Stop knocking the demons off the altar, stupid CPU players! They only die permanently if you kill them on the altar!
** Stop killing the exploding bugs, dammit! We need them to rig the teleporter!
* [[Stupidity Is the Only Option]]: At one point in the third chapter of Marvel Ultimate Alliance, you beat Loki (who's famous for his illusions and trickery) in what seems to be an Anticlimax Boss. Then Nick Fury calls and tells you to collect 4 swords to get the armor Loki was trying to get, even though you would have absolutely no reason to do this. To nobody's surprise, this is a trick by Loki to get the armor. Naturally, you have to do this.
** In Act IV, the Skrull Empress is willing to share knowledge of Galactus' weakness providing you help her escape. Anyone with the right mind knows she's lying and just using you to flee, but you need to go along 'cause she'll be leaving [[Broken Bridge|the hangar's doors wide opened for you to progress in the game]].
* [[Superhero Packing Heat]]: Nick Fury, Deadpool, and Blade. Two of Fury's costumes give him bonuses to his guns. Deadpool and Blade also qualify as [[The Musketeer]].
* [[Take a Third Option]]: Subverted: The Thing, rather than take a side in the Civil War, goes hiding... but when he stumbles upon you later, depending on which side you are playing as, he'll either force himself to register or be appalled by what SHIELD is doing and join the resistance.
* [[Take Over the World]]: Doom tried this in MUA 1.
* [[Under the Sea]]: Atlantis in the first game, where there's some sort of [[Techno Babble]] [[Hand Wave]] that justifies your team being able to [[Super Not-Drowning Skills|stay underwater without drowning]].
** And how the Human Torch and Ghost Rider can use their fire powers underwater apparently.
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* [[Villain Protagonist]]: A character pack in the Xbox 360 version of the first game allowed you to take control of Magneto, Venom, Sabretooth and even that game's own [[Big Bad]], Dr. Doom. In the second game, half of the Thunderbolts (you know what half) fit the role.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: In the second game, [[Ominous Latin Chanting]] plays during ''computer hacking''.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: As it's based off Civil War, the public doing this is a part of the premise.
** Nick Fury chews out ''everyone'' in the second game, after getting this treatment himself at the very beginning. Also, certain conversations allow you to do this as well - with Anti and Pro Reg sides laying into each other for what they've done. Also, after the two sides, the Fantastic Four give this to [[Reed Richards Is Useless|Reed Richards]], who ''[[Well-Intentioned Extremist|really]]'' ''[[Heroic Sociopath|deserves it]].''
* [[Wolfpack Boss]]: Wrecking Crew and the evil clone Fantastic Four give you a chance for some four-on-four battles.
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* [[Worth It]]: One of the scenes in the MUA 1 ending credits is about [[X-Men|Iceman]] getting knocked out by [[Spider Woman]]'s pheromones, and this is his reaction.
* [[You Can't Thwart Stage One]]: Enjoy being Doom's puppet, until Uatu intervenes.
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]] / [[The Uriah Gambit]]: By the moment Dr. Doom gains godlike powers, every other member of the Masters of Evil has been eliminated by the heroes. [[The Chessmaster|Don't tell us this was a coincidence]].
{{quote|'''Baron Mordo:''' This is an outrage! How dare Loki and Doom leave us behind!! I'll not stand for it!!!!
'''Ultron:''' [[Genre Savvy|This is not an unforeseen outcome.]] [[Magnificent Bastard|They now each get what they desire without having to share the spoils with us.]] }}
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