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* FantasticRacism: They see other alien races as inferior to them, needing their leadership due to their shorter lifespans and biological inferiority.
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* FantasticRacism: They see other alien races as inferior to them, needing their leadership due to their shorter lifespans and biological inferiority. They even have levels of inferiority in their belief system, as a humanoid race with some good qualities for procreation is more tolerable than one that is not (like the Thraxans, as Nolan points out when asking Mark for help).
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* ActionGirl: As a Viltrumite warrior, this is a given.
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* BloodKnight: When Mark finally manages to land a good hit on her, she licks the blood off her lip and chuckles 'finally'.
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* BaritoneOfStrength: Courtesy of his voice actor.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: The show makes her hair grey, emphasizing her age.
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* StoutStrength: Natural Viltrumite superstrength with a powerlifter's physique.
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A high-ranking Viltrumite Warrior that tells Mark to conquer Earth.
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A high-ranking Viltrumite Warrior that who tells Mark to conquer Earth.Earth in his father's place.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Downplayed, but he has softer facial features than his comic counterpart in earlier issues, at least before ArtEvolution kicked in.
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* PetTheDog: He wishes Mark a good luck on his invasion of Earth, for what it's worth.
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* PetTheDog: He wishes Mark a good luck on his invasion of Earth, for what it's worth.
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* VillainRespect: Representing the sheer absurdity of how much Viltrumites live and breath the MightMakesRight ideology, Kregg nonchalantly approves Mark as a genuine warrior of Viltrum for surviving the combined assault on Thraxan soil, just pushing the mission of Earth's conquest on him regardless of the fact that Mark doesn't care about that in the slightest, cursing his "approval" to hell and beyond.
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* VillainRespect: Representing the sheer absurdity of how much Viltrumites live and breath breathe the MightMakesRight ideology, Kregg nonchalantly approves Mark as a genuine warrior of Viltrum for surviving the combined assault on Thraxan soil, just pushing the mission of Earth's conquest on him regardless of the fact that Mark doesn't care about that in the slightest, cursing his "approval" to hell and beyond.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: He is older than Nolan, much more so, yet he doesn't have white stripes of hair on his head; only having a noticeable receding hairline.
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* TheSociopath: This is a major component of being a Viltrumite, besides the Social Darwinism. They have all been conditioned to have zero empathy, remorse, or basic emotion whatsoever. Best shown where Nolan feels genuine sadness for the first time, and reacts by angrily saying he ''shouldn't'' be feeling this way.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Your father will be executed, and you will return to Earth. You will assume his mission and prepare the planet for our rule."'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Your father will be executed, and you will return to Earth. You will assume his mission and prepare the planet for our rule."'']]
->''"You can kill a few humans to convince them to capitulate, or we will kill millions if we arrive to find you or your planet still defiant against us."''
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* PetTheDog: He wishes Mark "good luck" a good luck on his invasion of Earth, for what it's worth.
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* VillainRespect: Representing the sheer absurdity of how much Viltrumites live and breath the MightMakesRight ideology, Kregg nonchalantly approves Mark as a genuine warrior of Viltrum for surviving the combined assault in on Thraxan soil, just pushing the mission of Earth's conquest on him regardless of the fact that Mark doesn't care about that in the slightest, cursing his "approval" to hell and beyond.
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A Viltrumite Warrior.
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A Viltrumite
->''"Nolan made another child''...with these '''disgusting''' ''creatures?"''
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* NotQuiteDead: Despite his guts spilling out and Nolan shoving a salactite in the wound, he manages to survive and assaults ambushes Nolan, knocking him out.
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A Viltrumite Warriorwarrior.
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: He tells Mark that he can either kill some people to get Earth to bow to them - or the Viltrum Empire will kill millions.
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: He tells Mark that he can either kill some people to get Earth to bow to them - or the Viltrum entire Viltrumite Empire will arrive to kill millions.millions (as they did to the Thraxans).
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* PetTheDog: He does tell Mark good luck on his invasion of Earth.
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* PetTheDog: He does tell wishes Mark good luck "good luck" on his invasion of Earth.Earth, for what it's worth.
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* MeaningfulName: His name is pronounced the same way as "[[ANaziByAnyOtherName Krieg]]".
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* BraidsOfAction: She has a long braid with a knife on it that can cut through Viltrimite skin.
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* BraidsOfAction: She has a long braid with a knife on it that can cut through Viltrimite Viltrumite skin.
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* DependingOnTheArtist: The show portrays her as more conventionally older, with aging lines under eyes, to properly convey she is old even for Viltrumite standards; the comics had her drawn with softer features, as if she managed to retain much of her youth despite being one of the oldest Viltrumites seen on the series.
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* DependingOnTheArtist: The show portrays her Thula as more conventionally older, with aging lines under her eyes, to properly convey she is old even for Viltrumite standards; the comics had her drawn with softer features, as if she managed to retain much of her youth despite being one of the oldest Viltrumites seen on the series.
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* WorthyOpponent: Downplayed, but it seems she begins to hold Mark in this regard once he stops holding back while fighting her.
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A Viltrimite Warrior.
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A Viltrimite Viltrumite Warrior.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Thula is introduced in events far earlier than her comics counterpart, outright substituting other generic Viltrumites. Originally she became a recurring side-character after [[spoiler:Conquest's fight]], in the show she appears and is active as early as the hunt down for Nolan after abandoning his post on Earth.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Thula is introduced in events far earlier than her comics counterpart, outright substituting other generic Viltrumites. Originally she became a recurring side-character after [[spoiler:Conquest's fight]], fight]]; in the show she appears and is active as early as when the hunt Viltrum Empire hunts down for Nolan after for abandoning his post on Earth.
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* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Slightly so, the so. The show portrays Thula as more conventionally vicious and hungry for battle like a Viltrumite would be; in the comics Thula was fairly quiet and only showed anger in battle in rare occasions.
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* VillainRespect: Representing the sheer absurdity of how much Viltrumites live and breath the MightMakesRight ideology, Kregg nonchalantly approves Mark as a genuine warrior of Viltrum for surviving the combined assault in Thraxan soil, just pushing the mission of Earth's conquest on him regardless of how Mark doesn't care about that in the slightest, cursing his "approval" to hell and beyond.
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* VillainRespect: Representing the sheer absurdity of how much Viltrumites live and breath the MightMakesRight ideology, Kregg nonchalantly approves Mark as a genuine warrior of Viltrum for surviving the combined assault in Thraxan soil, just pushing the mission of Earth's conquest on him regardless of how the fact that Mark doesn't care about that in the slightest, cursing his "approval" to hell and beyond.
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* VillainRespect: Representing the sheer absurdity of how much Viltrumites live and breath the MightMakesRight ideology, Kregg nonchalantly approves Mark as a genuine warrior of Viltrum for surviving the combined assault in Thraxan soil, just pushing the mission of Earth's conquest on him regardless of how Mark doesn't care about that in the slightest, cursing his "approval" to hell and beyond.
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* PragmaticVillainy: In a twisted way he tries to understand and appeal to Mark's fondness for humanity, "allowing" him to only kill a few humans in a potential conquest of Earth if that would esse the burden on Mark's mind.
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* PragmaticVillainy: In a twisted way he tries to understand and appeal to Mark's fondness for humanity, "allowing" him to only kill a few humans in a potential conquest of Earth if that would esse ease the burden on Mark's mind.
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* DominantSpeciesGenes: While they can interbreed with a wide variety of species, their features are dominant. Nolan states that Mark is practically a pureblooded Viltrumite, which he insists is due to the "purity" of their DNA.
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* DominantSpeciesGenes: While they can interbreed with a wide variety of species, their features are dominant. Nolan states that Mark is practically a pureblooded Viltrumite, which he insists is due to the "purity" of their DNA. Nolan later says that Viltrumites are only allowed to interbreed with genetically similar species, like humans, to ensure their children are as pure Viltrumite as possible. A [[InsectoidAliens Thraxan]]/[[HumanAliens Viltrumite]] hybrid has the appearance of a [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation purple-skinned]] Viltrumite, but also has the RapidAging of his Thraxan parent.
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* PragmaticVillainy: In a twisted way he tries to understand and appeal to Mark's fondness for humanity, "allowing" him to only kill a few humans in a potential conquest of Earth if that would esse the burden on Mark's mind.
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* DependingOnTheArtist: The show portrays her as more conventionally older, with aging lines under eyes, to properly convey she is old even for Viltrumite standards; the comics had her drawn with softer features, as if she managed to retain much of her youth despite being one of the oldest Viltrumites seen on the series.
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* AdaptationExpansion: She has a larger role in the show than in the comics, being one of the Viltrumites who squares off with Mark and Nolan on Thraxa in place of generic Viltrumite.
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* AdaptationExpansion: She has a larger role in the show than in the comics, being one of the Viltrumites who squares off with Mark and Nolan on Thraxa in place of a generic Viltrumite.Viltrumite.
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Slightly so, the show portrays Thula as more conventionally vicious and hungry for battle like a Viltrumite would be; in the comics Thula was fairly quiet and only showed anger in battle in rare occasions.
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Slightly so, the show portrays Thula as more conventionally vicious and hungry for battle like a Viltrumite would be; in the comics Thula was fairly quiet and only showed anger in battle in rare occasions.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Thula is introduced in events far earlier than her comics counterpart, outright substituting other generic Viltrumites. Originally she became a recurring side-character after [[spoiler:Conquest's fight]], in the show she appears and is active as early as the hunt down for Nolan after abandoning his post on Earth.
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!! General Kregg
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'''The Grayson Family''' ([[Characters/Invincible2021OmniMan Omni-Man]]) | [[Characters/Invincible2021Superheroes Superheroes]] | [[Characters/Invincible2021Supervillains Supervillains]] (The Empire) | [[Characters/Invincible2021Others Others]]-]]]]]
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* AdaptationExpansion: She has a larger role in the show than in the comics, being one of the Viltrumites who squares off with Mark and Nolan on Thraxa in place of generic Viltrumite.
* CombatPragmatist: Stabs Mark with her braid while he was hesitating to finish her off.
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[[WMG:[[center:[-''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' '''[[Characters/Invincible2021 Main Character Index]]'''\\
'''The Grayson Family''' ([[Characters/Invincible2021OmniMan Omni-Man]]) | [[Characters/Invincible2021Superheroes Superheroes]] | [[Characters/Invincible2021Supervillains Supervillains]] (The Empire) | [[Characters/Invincible2021Others Others]]-]]]]]
'''The Grayson Family''' ([[Characters/Invincible2021OmniMan Omni-Man]]) | [[Characters/Invincible2021Superheroes Superheroes]] | [[Characters/Invincible2021Supervillains Supervillains]] (The Empire) | [[Characters/Invincible2021Others Others]]-]]]]]
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!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/ClancyBrown
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: He tells Mark that he can either kill some people to get Earth to bow to the- or the Viltrum Empire will kill millions.
* ElectronicEyes: He has one cybernetic eye.
* PetTheDog: He does tell Mark good luck on his invasion of Earth.
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!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/GreyDeLisle
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* BraidsOfAction: She has a long braid with a knife on it that can cut through Viltrimite skin.
* {{Jawbreaker}}: Nolan elbows her in the mouth, caving in her jaw.
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* FantasticRacism: They see other alien races as inferior to them, needing their leadership due to their shorter lifespans and biological inferiority. [[spoiler:When Lucan sees that Nolan sired an offspring with a Thraxan, his reaction is one of disgust.]]
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* FantasticRacism: They see other alien races as inferior to them, needing their leadership due to their shorter lifespans and biological inferiority. [[spoiler:When Lucan sees that Nolan sired an offspring with a Thraxan, his reaction is one of disgust.]]
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* WhiteMansBurden: What the Viltrumites' conquest of the galaxy boils down to. They claim they are bettering the worlds they conquer by giving them technology and purpose. It's steeped in the darker aspects of this trope too, showing that this "benevolence" is deeply-rooted in their firm belief that they are just ''better'' than other races, and that enslavement to a superior, longer-lived race is better for them than being free.
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!!Lucan
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/PhilLaMarr
A Viltrimite Warrior.
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* FantasticRacism: When Lucan sees that Nolan sired an offspring with a Thraxan, his reaction is one of disgust.
* GuttedLikeAFish: Nolan uses his hand to slash open his belly, spilling his guts.
* NotQuiteDead: Despite his guts spilling out and Nolan shoving a salactite in the wound, he manages to survive and assaults Nolan, knocking him out.
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!!Lucan
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/PhilLaMarr
A Viltrimite Warrior.
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* FantasticRacism: When Lucan sees that Nolan sired an offspring with a Thraxan, his reaction is one of disgust.
* GuttedLikeAFish: Nolan uses his hand to slash open his belly, spilling his guts.
* NotQuiteDead: Despite his guts spilling out and Nolan shoving a salactite in the wound, he manages to survive and assaults Nolan, knocking him out.
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An intergalactic Empire ruled by a tyrannical despot named Thragg, who seeks to conquer other planets. Their current strategy is to send [[WeComeInPeaceShootToKill one of their own to act as a protector while they weaken the planet's defenses for then invasion]].
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* AdaptationalCurves: In the comics, Lucan had a traditional muscular build. The show instead gives him a noticeable gut, giving him the build of a power-lifter.
* AdaptationalDiversity: Nolan's recollection of how Viltrum's society truly works is much more diverse in the show, there are a lot more women and people of varied ethnicities shown in the little montage, in the comics that same scene was composed of mostly carbon copy white mustachioed guys.
* AlienInvasion: Their typical M.O. involves sending out a single sleeper agent to infiltrate a planet and win the locals' trust, while undermining their defenses in preparation of the Viltrumite annexation.
* AliensAreBastards: They are an imperialist race that view all other sapient life as being beneath them, planning to ruthlessly conquer Earth and enslave the human race.
* CivilWar: They're so focused on Social Darwinism they started one ''on purpose'' and kept it going until half their population was dead, just to cleanse their society of "weakness" and make them unstoppable.
* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Viltrumites are basically evil [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Kryptonians]].
* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: In the Episode 1 flashback, the Viltrumite homeworld is depicted this way. Episode 8 subverts it, showing the same people engaged in a brutal free-for-all, slaughtering each other indiscriminately to cleanse their society of weakness.
* DominantSpeciesGenes: While they can interbreed with a wide variety of species, their features are dominant. Nolan states that Mark is practically a pureblooded Viltrumite, which he insists is due to the "purity" of their DNA.
* TheDreaded: Galaxy-wide, at least to the Coalition of Planets. According to Allen a whole planet will be declared off-limits if even one Viltrumite is sighted living on it, and the urgency with which he warns Mark of this betrays his own fear of them.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Three Viltrumites -- Conquest, General Kregg and Thula -- who would make their debut much later in the original comics, make a cameo in Omni-Man's flashback as among those who survived Viltrum's self-inflicted purge.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: Any planet that resists their rule gets blown up.
* TheEmpire: An intergalactic space empire that subjugates many planets.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Their ranks include both men and women of various ethnicities.
* EverythingIsAnIPodInTheFuture: They are a futuristic spacefaring society and wear plain white clothes. Their buildings also look like giant iPods.
* EvilAllAlong: In Episode 1 a flashback shows Nolan claiming that the Empire are saviors. The reality is that they are murderous conquerors at worst and imperialists at best.
* FantasticRacism: They see other alien races as inferior to them, needing their leadership due to their shorter lifespans and biological inferiority. [[spoiler:When Lucan sees that Nolan sired an offspring with a Thraxan, his reaction is one of disgust.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: For the first season, as they were the ones that sent Omni-Man to Earth to conquer it.
* HumanAliens: Are near identical to humans. Females are visually indistinguishable from human women, and the only difference their males show from human men is the mandatory mustache.
* LightIsNotGood: They dress in all white and pose as saviors but they are genocidal conquerors.
* LongLived: According to Nolan, Viltrumites can live for thousands of years.
* ManlyFacialHair: All of the men whose faces were shown in the flashback have Moustaches like Omni-Man, which may be a part of Viltrumite culture.
* MasterRace: How pure-blooded Viltrums see themselves and even exterminated ''half their own population'' long ago just to ethnic cleanse any weakness from their race.
* MetaphoricallyTrue: Omni-Man initially described them as a civilization that's willing to send out members of their race to spread their knowledge and culture to other worlds. That's a sugarcoated version of the truth, but it's not completely wrong.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: They believe in their own genetic supremacy over other races, and early on they wiped out half their own population for being too weak. They went on to expand across the galaxy in wars of naked aggression, enslaving or dominating all other races, before stalling out through overextending their own resources.
* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: When [[spoiler:Allen the Alien's species]] revolted, the Viltrumites had to resort to blowing up the planet. Not because they're cruel -- well, not just because they're cruel. But because according to [[spoiler:Allen]] the alternative was losing the planet. This is the first hint that Viltrumites individually and as a whole aren't as unbeatable as they seem.
* OneManArmy: Any Viltrumite chosen to partake in the expansion after they ceased with regular warfare has to be this by default, since they're expected to be capable of defeating the most powerful beings of their chosen planet in order to pave the way to its conquest.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: They had a worldwide gladiatorial battle to make sure only the strongest among them survive, which only ended once half of their entire population was dead. They also rarely abandon their conquest of a planet; Nolan was the first known example.
* PunnyName: "Viltrum" is a pun on "philtrum", the upper lip. On men, that happens to be where a mustache grows, and all male Viltrumites minus Mark have one.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: They can live for thousands of years and age slower as they get older.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Mixed with actual Darwinism; fully half their population was destroyed in order to make them unstoppable, and the animation demonstrating it suggests it was basically a free-for-all.
* StrongerWithAge: A Viltrumite’s powers take time to fully mature. Additionally, they only get stronger if they continue to push themselves physically. Not to mention, their incredibly long lifespans allow for the benefit of experience without the worries of senescence; In Nolan’s words, “the older we get, the slower we age.” As such, it’s very rare for a young Viltrumite to be stronger than an older one.
* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: Per Nolan's own words regarding the Viltrumite's policy of expansionism, they decided after becoming the Viltrumite Empire to be the ''only'' empire in the galaxy via conquering the rest of them.
* TrojanHorse: They send their agents to pose as protectors when they're actually sent to weaken defenses making it easier for an invasion to happen.
* WhiteMansBurden: What the Viltrumites' conquest of the galaxy boils down to. They claim they are bettering the worlds they conquer by giving them technology and purpose. It's steeped in the darker aspects of this trope too, showing that this "benevolence" is deeply-rooted in their firm belief that they are just ''better'' than other races, and that enslavement to a superior, longer-lived race is better for them than being free.
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An intergalactic Empire ruled by a tyrannical despot named Thragg, who seeks to conquer other planets. Their current strategy is to send [[WeComeInPeaceShootToKill one of their own to act as a protector while they weaken the planet's defenses for then invasion]].
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* AdaptationalCurves: In the comics, Lucan had a traditional muscular build. The show instead gives him a noticeable gut, giving him the build of a power-lifter.
* AdaptationalDiversity: Nolan's recollection of how Viltrum's society truly works is much more diverse in the show, there are a lot more women and people of varied ethnicities shown in the little montage, in the comics that same scene was composed of mostly carbon copy white mustachioed guys.
* AlienInvasion: Their typical M.O. involves sending out a single sleeper agent to infiltrate a planet and win the locals' trust, while undermining their defenses in preparation of the Viltrumite annexation.
* AliensAreBastards: They are an imperialist race that view all other sapient life as being beneath them, planning to ruthlessly conquer Earth and enslave the human race.
* CivilWar: They're so focused on Social Darwinism they started one ''on purpose'' and kept it going until half their population was dead, just to cleanse their society of "weakness" and make them unstoppable.
* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Viltrumites are basically evil [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Kryptonians]].
* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: In the Episode 1 flashback, the Viltrumite homeworld is depicted this way. Episode 8 subverts it, showing the same people engaged in a brutal free-for-all, slaughtering each other indiscriminately to cleanse their society of weakness.
* DominantSpeciesGenes: While they can interbreed with a wide variety of species, their features are dominant. Nolan states that Mark is practically a pureblooded Viltrumite, which he insists is due to the "purity" of their DNA.
* TheDreaded: Galaxy-wide, at least to the Coalition of Planets. According to Allen a whole planet will be declared off-limits if even one Viltrumite is sighted living on it, and the urgency with which he warns Mark of this betrays his own fear of them.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Three Viltrumites -- Conquest, General Kregg and Thula -- who would make their debut much later in the original comics, make a cameo in Omni-Man's flashback as among those who survived Viltrum's self-inflicted purge.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: Any planet that resists their rule gets blown up.
* TheEmpire: An intergalactic space empire that subjugates many planets.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Their ranks include both men and women of various ethnicities.
* EverythingIsAnIPodInTheFuture: They are a futuristic spacefaring society and wear plain white clothes. Their buildings also look like giant iPods.
* EvilAllAlong: In Episode 1 a flashback shows Nolan claiming that the Empire are saviors. The reality is that they are murderous conquerors at worst and imperialists at best.
* FantasticRacism: They see other alien races as inferior to them, needing their leadership due to their shorter lifespans and biological inferiority. [[spoiler:When Lucan sees that Nolan sired an offspring with a Thraxan, his reaction is one of disgust.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: For the first season, as they were the ones that sent Omni-Man to Earth to conquer it.
* HumanAliens: Are near identical to humans. Females are visually indistinguishable from human women, and the only difference their males show from human men is the mandatory mustache.
* LightIsNotGood: They dress in all white and pose as saviors but they are genocidal conquerors.
* LongLived: According to Nolan, Viltrumites can live for thousands of years.
* ManlyFacialHair: All of the men whose faces were shown in the flashback have Moustaches like Omni-Man, which may be a part of Viltrumite culture.
* MasterRace: How pure-blooded Viltrums see themselves and even exterminated ''half their own population'' long ago just to ethnic cleanse any weakness from their race.
* MetaphoricallyTrue: Omni-Man initially described them as a civilization that's willing to send out members of their race to spread their knowledge and culture to other worlds. That's a sugarcoated version of the truth, but it's not completely wrong.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: They believe in their own genetic supremacy over other races, and early on they wiped out half their own population for being too weak. They went on to expand across the galaxy in wars of naked aggression, enslaving or dominating all other races, before stalling out through overextending their own resources.
* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: When [[spoiler:Allen the Alien's species]] revolted, the Viltrumites had to resort to blowing up the planet. Not because they're cruel -- well, not just because they're cruel. But because according to [[spoiler:Allen]] the alternative was losing the planet. This is the first hint that Viltrumites individually and as a whole aren't as unbeatable as they seem.
* OneManArmy: Any Viltrumite chosen to partake in the expansion after they ceased with regular warfare has to be this by default, since they're expected to be capable of defeating the most powerful beings of their chosen planet in order to pave the way to its conquest.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: They had a worldwide gladiatorial battle to make sure only the strongest among them survive, which only ended once half of their entire population was dead. They also rarely abandon their conquest of a planet; Nolan was the first known example.
* PunnyName: "Viltrum" is a pun on "philtrum", the upper lip. On men, that happens to be where a mustache grows, and all male Viltrumites minus Mark have one.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: They can live for thousands of years and age slower as they get older.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Mixed with actual Darwinism; fully half their population was destroyed in order to make them unstoppable, and the animation demonstrating it suggests it was basically a free-for-all.
* StrongerWithAge: A Viltrumite’s powers take time to fully mature. Additionally, they only get stronger if they continue to push themselves physically. Not to mention, their incredibly long lifespans allow for the benefit of experience without the worries of senescence; In Nolan’s words, “the older we get, the slower we age.” As such, it’s very rare for a young Viltrumite to be stronger than an older one.
* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: Per Nolan's own words regarding the Viltrumite's policy of expansionism, they decided after becoming the Viltrumite Empire to be the ''only'' empire in the galaxy via conquering the rest of them.
* TrojanHorse: They send their agents to pose as protectors when they're actually sent to weaken defenses making it easier for an invasion to happen.
* WhiteMansBurden: What the Viltrumites' conquest of the galaxy boils down to. They claim they are bettering the worlds they conquer by giving them technology and purpose. It's steeped in the darker aspects of this trope too, showing that this "benevolence" is deeply-rooted in their firm belief that they are just ''better'' than other races, and that enslavement to a superior, longer-lived race is better for them than being free.
