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* HartmanHips: Is stated by Anomaly to be a big hipped woman, and M.O.D.O.K. remarks on how he likes it. Justified as she's had two kids and weight gain in that area is to be expected.
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* NotSoDifferent: Wonder Man calls Jodie out on the fact that just like MODOK she tends to use and manipulate people for her own goals. This is after having dated Simon and manipulating him into a fight with MODOK for publicity.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Wonder Man calls Jodie out on the fact that just like MODOK she tends to use and manipulate people for her own goals. This is after having dated Simon and manipulating him into a fight with MODOK for publicity.
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* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: A very subtle example. when M.O.D.O.K. secretly revealed his plan for [[spoiler:A-I-M 2]] to her, she eagerly sell her shares to Iron-Man knowing that he would terminate AIM contract with Grumbl and fire both her and M.O.D.O.K.

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* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: A very subtle example. when M.O.D.O.K. secretly revealed his plan for [[spoiler:A-I-M 2]] to her, she eagerly sell her shares to Iron-Man knowing that he would terminate AIM contract with Grumbl GRUMBL and fire both her and M.O.D.O.K.
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* DieLaughing: He does this under his breath, [[spoiler: knowing that he's taking his prime counterpart's last chance at time travel to the grave and sealing the BadFuture]].
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* TechBro: Austin is the young and well-dressed CEO of GRUMBL, the company that acquires M.O.D.O.K.'s AIM. He's also working directly with Hexus, a sentient corporation planning to wipe out Earth and acquire its resources.
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* KickedUpstairs: When she gets the position of Scientist Supreme, she is forced to do the bidding of Grundle instead of her own projects.

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* KickedUpstairs: When she gets the position of Scientist Supreme, she is forced to do the bidding of Grundle GRUMBL instead of her own projects.
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* GeniusBruiser: A brilliant MadScientist who can also kick ridiculous amounts of ass, as M.O.D.O.K. found out.

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* GeniusBruiser: BadassBookworm: A brilliant MadScientist who can also kick ridiculous amounts of ass, as M.O.D.O.K. found out.
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* StealingTheCredit: Claimed to have killed an Avenger when it was Monica who did the deed.


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* GeniusBruiser: A brilliant MadScientist who can also kick ridiculous amounts of ass, as M.O.D.O.K. found out.


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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: She manages to [[HeroKiller kill]] an ''Avenger'' on her first day at work.
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Melissa Fumero

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--> '''Voiced By:''' Melissa Fumero
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* KickTheDog: Flat out states that Austin dog will die with the rest of humanity, then later change their mind... only so Austin can kill the dog and serve it as a meal for them.

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* KickTheDog: Flat out states that Austin Austin’s dog will die with the rest of humanity, then later change their mind... only so Austin can kill the dog and serve it as a meal for them.
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* NotSoDifferent: Wonder Man calls Jodie on the fact that just like MODOK she tends to use and manipulate people for her own goals. This is after having dated Simon and manipulating him into a fight with MODOK for publicity.

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* NotSoDifferent: Wonder Man calls Jodie out on the fact that just like MODOK she tends to use and manipulate people for her own goals. This is after having dated Simon and manipulating him into a fight with MODOK for publicity.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: M.O.D.O.K (using his newfound ability to recognize weaknesses) realizes that she has this trait... and that she hate that part of herself.

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* WellDoneSonGuy: M.O.D.O.K (using his newfound ability to recognize weaknesses) realizes that she has this trait... and that she hate hates that part of herself.
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AdaptationDyeJob: Her hair is [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green]] in the comics. Here, it's black.
* AdaptionNameChange: In the comics, she was named Carmilla Black by her adoptive parents, with her birth name being Thasanee.

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* AdaptationDyeJob: Her hair is [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green]] in the comics. Here, it's black.
* AdaptionNameChange: AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, she was named Carmilla Black by her adoptive parents, with her birth name being Thasanee.
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* AdaptationDeviation: In the comics, she is a superheroine who only discovered Monica was her mother after her adoptive parents, the Blacks, were murdered. Here, she has been raised in Monica's care and [[AdaptationalWimp appears to not have powers of any kind.]]
AdaptationDyeJob: Her hair is [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green]] in the comics. Here, it's black.
* AdaptionNameChange: In the comics, she was named Carmilla Black by her adoptive parents, with her birth name being Thasanee.
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* SpicyLatina: One episode has Lou mention she has Mexican heritage, and she certainly has her moments.

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That doesn't really make it any better. Also a justifying edit.


[[folder:M.O.D.O.K]]

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[[folder:M.O.D.O.K]]K.]]



* FriendOrIdolDecision: He's eventually given a choice by [[spoiler:Anomaly. M.O.D.O.K. can either let his family die in order to secure a future where he'll rule the world, or save them in exchange for a future as a failure who never achieves his dreams. He picks the former and the TimeSkip to the future shows him grieving their loss and trying to take a third option by finding a way to bring them back so he can both rule the world ''and'' have his family.]]

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* FriendOrIdolDecision: He's eventually given a choice by [[spoiler:Anomaly. M.O.D.O.K. can either let his family die in order to secure a future where he'll rule the world, or save them in exchange for a future as a failure who never achieves his dreams. He picks the former and the TimeSkip to the future shows him grieving their loss and trying to take a third option by finding a way to bring them back so he can both rule the world ''and'' have his family.]]family]].



* NeverMyFault: M.O.D.O.K. will never accept blame for making a mistake. After blasting Gary's arm off just because he was angry and Gary was nearby, he later lies that Gary purposefully got his arm shot off by M.O.D.O.K. for no reason. It's eventually played very darkly when [[spoiler:M.O.D.O.K. allows Anomaly to murder his family so he can finally rule the world, but then holds Anomaly responsible for it even though M.O.D.O.K. could've stopped him but didn't. (though to be fair, Anomaly did messed with him via showing a variety of ways he died a failure before giving M.O.D.O.K. the sadistic choice)]]
* PyrrhicVillainy: M.O.D.O.K.'s attempts at world conquest rarely make him happy. [[spoiler:When he finally does conquer the world in the first season finale, it's only because he allowed his family to be killed to make it happen. Though he's hailed as emperor of the "utopia" he's always wanted, his victory is hollow and meaningless as he's left mourning the loss of the family he loved and desperately trying to find a way to bring them into the future he created, even though Anomaly tells him it's impossible for him to have it all.]]

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* NeverMyFault: M.O.D.O.K. will never accept blame for making a mistake. After blasting Gary's arm off just because he was angry and Gary was nearby, he later lies that Gary purposefully got his arm shot off by M.O.D.O.K. for no reason. It's eventually played very darkly when [[spoiler:M.O.D.O.K. allows Anomaly to murder his family so he can finally rule the world, but then holds Anomaly responsible for it even though M.O.D.O.K. could've stopped him but didn't. (though to be fair, Anomaly did messed with him via showing a variety of ways he died a failure before giving M.O.D.O.K. the sadistic choice)]]\n]]
* PyrrhicVillainy: M.O.D.O.K.'s attempts at world conquest rarely make him happy. [[spoiler:When he finally does conquer the world in the first season finale, it's only because he allowed his family to be killed to make it happen. Though he's hailed as emperor of the "utopia" he's always wanted, his victory is hollow and meaningless as he's left mourning the loss of the family he loved and desperately trying to find a way to bring them into the future he created, even though Anomaly tells him it's impossible for him to have it all.]] all]].



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!! Jodie !!Jodie Tarleton



!! Louis "Lou" Tarleton

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!! Louis !!Louis "Lou" Tarleton



* FunWithAcronyms: Louis says his name stands for "Lanky Organism Undeniably Irresistible and Syphilitic." He does not know what that last word means and does not want anyone to tell him.

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* FunWithAcronyms: Louis says his name stands for "Lanky Organism Undeniably Irresistible and Syphilitic." Syphilitic". He does not know what that last word means and does not want anyone to tell him.



* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Melissa can effortlessly deduce the insecurities of the people around her and uses that knowledge to subtly destroy their self-esteem and crave her approval. She teaches the trick to her dad, but his lack of patience means he's unwilling to play the "long game."

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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Melissa can effortlessly deduce the insecurities of the people around her and uses that knowledge to subtly destroy their self-esteem and crave her approval. She teaches the trick to her dad, but his lack of patience means he's unwilling to play the "long game."game".



* FunWithAcronyms: Melissa claims she was named "Mental Entity Living to Induce Seriously Sinister Anarchy." M.O.D.O.K. refutes this and says she was named after Melissa Etheridge.

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* FunWithAcronyms: Melissa claims she was named "Mental Entity Living to Induce Seriously Sinister Anarchy." Anarchy". M.O.D.O.K. refutes this and says she was named after Melissa Etheridge.



* SherlockScan: Able to use one to crush people to her will and teaches it to her dad.



* SherlockScan: Able to use one to crush people to her will and teaches it to her dad.



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-->'''Voiced --> '''Voiced By:''' Jon Daly



* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: A very subtle example. when M.O.D.O.K. secretly revealed his plan for [[spoiler: A-I-M 2]] to her, she eagerly sell her shares to Iron-Man knowing that he would terminate AIM contract with Grumbl and fire both her and M.O.D.O.K.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Used to want to use her intellect to help humanity, engineering a tree that immediately regrows fruit as a science fair project. At some point in her life she ended up fully believing that AIM is the way.



* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: A very subtle example. when M.O.D.O.K. secretly revealed his plan for [[spoiler:A-I-M 2]] to her, she eagerly sell her shares to Iron-Man knowing that he would terminate AIM contract with Grumbl and fire both her and M.O.D.O.K.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Used to want to use her intellect to help humanity, engineering a tree that immediately regrows fruit as a science fair project. At some point in her life she ended up fully believing that AIM is the way.



M.O.D.O.K.'s one armed loyal henchman who is constantly optimistic

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M.O.D.O.K.'s one armed loyal henchman who is constantly optimisticoptimistic.



M.O.D.O.K.'s new boss in his twenties who is from GRUMBL, a large tech company that invests in and takes control of A.I.M., [[spoiler:He is also revealed to be in allegiance to Hexus, the Living Corporation.]]

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M.O.D.O.K.'s new boss in his twenties who is from GRUMBL, a large tech company that invests in and takes control of A.I.M., [[spoiler:He is also revealed to be in allegiance to Hexus, the Living Corporation.]]Corporation]].



* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:He is killed by Gary before he could warn M.O.D.O.K. about Hexus.]]

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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:He is killed by Gary before he could warn M.O.D.O.K. about Hexus.]]Hexus]].



* LoveRedeems: It turns out [[spoiler:his love for his puppy Sherlock is enough to get Austin to betray Hexus once they make it clear his dog will be killed during their destruction of the planet. Unfortunately he ends up killed before he can warn M.O.D.O.K. about Hexus and their plans.]]

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* LoveRedeems: It turns out [[spoiler:his love for his puppy Sherlock is enough to get Austin to betray Hexus once they make it clear his dog will be killed during their destruction of the planet. Unfortunately he ends up killed before he can warn M.O.D.O.K. about Hexus and their plans.]]plans]].



* PetTheDog: Austin is a smug, corporate douchebag who [[spoiler:has no problem selling out humanity to Hexus]], but he also rescues a puppy named Sherlock and genuinely loves him. [[spoiler:So much so that when Hexus refuses to let Sherlock be spared when they destroy the planet, that Austin sells them out.]]

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* PetTheDog: Austin is a smug, corporate douchebag who [[spoiler:has no problem selling out humanity to Hexus]], but he also rescues a puppy named Sherlock and genuinely loves him. [[spoiler:So much so that when Hexus refuses to let Sherlock be spared when they destroy the planet, that Austin sells them out.]]out]].



!!Hexus

The enigmatic Board of GRUMBL turns out to be Hexus, the Living Corporation. An alien HiveMind that wipes out planets and steals their resources. They acquired A.I.M. with the hope of using their advanced technology to repeat the process on Earth.

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!!Hexus

!!Hexus, the Living Corporation

The enigmatic Board of GRUMBL turns out to be Hexus, the Living Corporation. An alien HiveMind that wipes out planets and steals their resources. They acquired A.I.M. with the hope of using their advanced technology to repeat the process on Earth.



!!Tony Stark/Iron Man

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!!Tony Stark/Iron Stark / Iron Man



!!Simon Williams/Wonder Man

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!!Simon Williams/Wonder Williams / Wonder Man



* ActorAllusion: Nathan Fillion plays a superstrong celebrity superhero with a barely concealed disdain for the homeless that's a romantic rival to an EvilGenius MadScientist. Just like when he was [[WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog Captain Hammer]]

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* ActorAllusion: Nathan Fillion plays a superstrong celebrity superhero with a barely concealed disdain for the homeless that's a romantic rival to an EvilGenius MadScientist. Just like when he was [[WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog Captain Hammer]]Hammer]].



* BreakThemByTalking: Does both a verbal and visual one in the finale to convince M.O.D.O.K. to [[spoiler: Let Anomaly kill M.O.D.O.K. family]]

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* BreakThemByTalking: Does both a verbal and visual one in the finale to convince M.O.D.O.K. to [[spoiler: Let [[spoiler:let Anomaly kill M.O.D.O.K. family]] 's family]].



Monica's biological teenage daughter

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Monica's biological teenage daughterdaughter.



* AttenionWhore: They all share the trait of wanting to be the center of attention, something easily exploited by MODOK to destroy them.

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* AttenionWhore: AttentionWhore: They all share the trait of wanting to be the center of attention, something easily exploited by MODOK to destroy them.



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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: While still silly looking, this version of M.O.D.O.K. is far less outright shriveled and monstrous compared to other portrayals.

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* BigEater: He like to eat, a lot, sometimes eating party sized meals all by himself. His ideal fantasy set up by Arcade involves having his family constantly praise and obey him and eating near constantly.



* ToiletHumor: All his eating backfires when it comes time to relieve himself.



* ActorAllusion: Nathan Fillion plays a superstrong celebrity superhero that's a romantic rival to an EvilGenius MadScientist with a barely concealed disdain for the homeless. Just like when he was [[WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog Captain Hammer]]

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* ActorAllusion: Nathan Fillion plays a superstrong celebrity superhero with a barely concealed disdain for the homeless that's a romantic rival to an EvilGenius MadScientist with a barely concealed disdain for the homeless.MadScientist. Just like when he was [[WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog Captain Hammer]]

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* AttenionWhore: They all share the trait of wanting to be the center of attention, something easily exploited by MODOK to destroy them.



* KillerRabbit: Despite being adorable they managed to wipe out the Brood by forcing them to party too hard and they do the same to several Grundle members.
* LifeOfTheParty: To the point where they be the ONLY life of the party.

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* KillerRabbit: Despite being adorable they managed to wipe out the Brood by forcing them to party too hard and they do the same to several Grundle Grumbl members.
* LifeOfTheParty: To the point where they be the ONLY life of the party. party.
* LivingAphrodisiac: It's implied that their skin secretes a substance that induces a high and makes their urging to party irresistible.
* NoSell: They're completely invulnerable to MODOK's mind blasts when retracted into their shells.
* RemovableShell: Their shells can be removed at will.

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* ActuallyADoombot: Anomaly is revealed to have survived his apparent death by actually being a robot.

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* ActuallyADoombot: Anomaly is revealed to have survived his apparent death by actually being a robot. Lampshaded because the circumstances made it extremely obvious to everyone that was present, even without mentioning the trope namer.


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* ParadoxPerson: As signified by his MeaningfulRename, he became unstuck from a divergent timeline that ultimately ended up erased and can now play merry havoc with it to suit his needs.
* TimeMaster: The cosmic time crystal embedded in his head allows him to manipulate the flow of time and freely travel from present to past to possible futures.
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* ActorAllusion: Nathan Fillion plays a superstrong celebrity superhero that's a romantic rival to an EvilGenius MadScientist with a barely concealed disdain for the homeless. Just like when he was [[WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog Captain Hammer]]
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Played with; MODOK is BrilliantButLazy, easily distracted from focusing on long term projects over petty slights and impulsiveness. Monica on the other hand is much more effective in the long run, actually inventing many things MODOK steals credit for. She handily defeats him in their "Mad Scientist Fight" and the only reason he's still alive is she revived him to beat him up some more.


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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Used to want to use her intellect to help humanity, engineering a tree that immediately regrows fruit as a science fair project. At some point in her life she ended up fully believing that AIM is the way.


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* StartOfDarkness: When MODOK and Jodie are stuck in the past, they seek help from her child self to repair their time machine. In the middle of that, MODOK mindlessly destroying her regenerating fruit tree and making her lose the science fair made her snap. The entire sequence was undone by the end of the episode, so this ends up being a quick gag, but something had to have happened in the normal flow of events that made her turn from sweet to AIM fanatic.
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* BreakThemByTalking: Does both a verbal and visual one in the finale to convince M.O.D.O.K. to [[spoiler: Let Anomaly kill his family]]

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* BreakThemByTalking: Does both a verbal and visual one in the finale to convince M.O.D.O.K. to [[spoiler: Let Anomaly kill his M.O.D.O.K. family]]
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* BreakThemByTalking: Does both a verbal and visual one in the finale to convince M.O.D.O.K. to [[spoiler: Let him kill his family]]

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* BreakThemByTalking: Does both a verbal and visual one in the finale to convince M.O.D.O.K. to [[spoiler: Let him Anomaly kill his family]]
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* HeroAntagonist: Comes to blows with M.O.D.O.K. after dating his wife.

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* HeroAntagonist: Comes to blows with M.O.D.O.K. after dating his wife.ex-wife.

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* VillainProtagonist: A supervillain trying to take over the world.



* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: A very subtle example. when M.O.D.O.K. secretly revealed his plan for [[spoiler: A-I-M 2]] to her, she eagerly sell her shares to Iron-Man (Knowing he would terminate AIM contract with Grumbl and fire both her and M.O.D.O.K.

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* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: A very subtle example. when M.O.D.O.K. secretly revealed his plan for [[spoiler: A-I-M 2]] to her, she eagerly sell her shares to Iron-Man (Knowing knowing that he would terminate AIM contract with Grumbl and fire both her and M.O.D.O.K.
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* FunwithAcronyms: Melissa claims she was named "Mental Entity Living to Induce Seriously Sinister Anarchy." M.O.D.O.K. refutes this and says she was named after Melissa Etheridge.

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* FunwithAcronyms: FunWithAcronyms: Melissa claims she was named "Mental Entity Living to Induce Seriously Sinister Anarchy." M.O.D.O.K. refutes this and says she was named after Melissa Etheridge.
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* FunwithAcronyms: Melissa claims she was named "Mental Entity Living to Induce Seriously Sinister Anarchy." M.O.D.O.K. refutes this and says she was named after Melissa Etheridge.

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* MoodSwinger: He turn on a dime from upbeat to suicidally depressed to desperate for affection to murderously enraged. When nobody pays any attention to you anyway, why bother putting a filter on your emotions?

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* MoodSwinger: He turn on a dime from upbeat to suicidally depressed to desperate for affection to murderously enraged. When nobody pays any attention to you anyway, why bother putting a filter on your emotions?


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* {{Twincest}}: Born of a clone variety as she reminds Monica literally cloned a male version of herself that had a hand in her birth.
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* NeverMyFault: M.O.D.O.K. will never accept blame for making a mistake. After blasting Gary's arm off just because he was angry and Gary was nearby, he later lies that Gary purposefully got his arm shot off by M.O.D.O.K. for no reason. It's eventually played very darkly when [[spoiler:M.O.D.O.K. allows Anomaly to murder his family so he can finally rule the world, but then holds Anomaly responsible for it even though M.O.D.O.K. could've stopped him but didn't.]]

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* NeverMyFault: M.O.D.O.K. will never accept blame for making a mistake. After blasting Gary's arm off just because he was angry and Gary was nearby, he later lies that Gary purposefully got his arm shot off by M.O.D.O.K. for no reason. It's eventually played very darkly when [[spoiler:M.O.D.O.K. allows Anomaly to murder his family so he can finally rule the world, but then holds Anomaly responsible for it even though M.O.D.O.K. could've stopped him but didn't.]] (though to be fair, Anomaly did messed with him via showing a variety of ways he died a failure before giving M.O.D.O.K. the sadistic choice)]]



* ButtMonkey: Gets no respect from the Tarleton who treat him like a slave.

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* ButtMonkey: Gets no respect from the Tarleton who treat him like poorly, though given the fact that he constantly betrays them even for the smallest slight (as mention below) their might be a slave.reason for that.

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