History Comicbook / TheMetabarons

* NotQuiteDead: Aghora defeated Steelhead by entombing him in ice and dumping him into space. [[spoiler: This isn't even close to being enough to kill him. As such Steelhead has the right to still proclaim himself as a Metabaron, so Nameless has to fight him for the title.]]

* {{Antimatter}}: Among the Metabarons's abilities, they all incredible insight in inventing new weapons that are beyond the standard technology of the setting. Among these weapons are the tiny Ock-ock bombs. These antimatter-based explosives are so tiny that three of them can fit in the palm of an adult hand. But the matter-antimatter explosion from these three are powerful enough to [[EarthShatteringKaboom blow up a planet]].

* WorldOfBuxom: The planet of Ulkmar-Eight-Moon is a literal example. The [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/cbd4481c38e76be7a1f674be0038665e/tumblr_pomwagu07M1rk0k4co1_1280.jpg females of the local proto-anthropoid species (NSFW)]] all have huge breasts.

* YouCantFightFate: The long-suffering robot Tonto, servant of the Metabarons, specifically says that the Metabarons are fated to never be happy.

* TouchedByVorlons: When Othon declares it better to leave him to die than reveal the secret of Epiphyte, his father-in-law officially declares him worthy of being a Castaka and mystically transfers the phoenix marking from his chest to Othon's. This is the beginning of the empowerment that makes the Metabarons so mighty.

* {{Motifs}}: Physical gender combinations or changes, including androgyny, hermaphroditism and castration. Othon is castrated by a laser blast. The galaxy is ruled by conjoined male and female twins. Honorata is supposed to give birth to a hermaphrodite to usurp the Empire. Aghora is a male brain in a female body.

* PeopleOfHairColor: All of the Metabarons either have silver hair or no hair. Honorata and Oda do as well.

* ProudWarriorRace: The Metabarons.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: All of the Metabarons either have silver hair or no hair. Honorata and Oda do as well.

* {{Unobtanium}}: Epiphyte, an anti-gravity oil and the original source of the Castaka family wealth.
* TheWorfEffect: The Endoguard exist to get slaughtered en masse by the current Metabaron to show off how powerful he is.

* BaldOfAwesome: The last Metabaron, No-Name.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Literally. [[spoiler:The battle of the story is between Nameless and Steelhead, after that resolution out of nowhere comes a giant louse that's going to devour our universe. This is a threat that only the Metabarons can handle.]]

* ShoutOut: In addition to the various ''[[[[Film/JodorowskysDune Dune]]'' references, Steelhead's origin is heavily inspired by [[UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}} the story of how Ganesha got his elephant head]].

* CaptainErsatz: Concepts that Jodorowsky recycled from his aborted ''Film/{{Dune}}'' adaptation include the following:

* ShoutOut: In addition to the various ''Dune'' references, Steelhead's origin is heavily inspired by [[UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}} the story of how Ganesha got his elephant head]].

''The Metabarons'', also known as ''The Saga of the Metabarons'' (French: ''La Caste des Méta-barons'') is a [[{{Tragedy}} tragic]] SpaceOpera comic book series written by Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky and illustrated by Creator/JuanGimenez. It expands on a supporting character who appeared in ''ComicBook/TheIncal'' to flesh out the backstory of his entire family. Like the rest of the [[ComicBook/MetabaronsUniverse Jodoverse]], ''The Metabarons'' draws heavily on ideas Jodorowsky developed for his failed ''Film/{{Dune}}'' film project.

* MightyWhitey: In a sequence borrowing heavily from Paul Atreides among the Fremen, Aghnar befriends an ape-like alien while hiding from the Shabda-Oud on Perdita and eventually becomes head of their tribe by defeating their cruel patriarch. In a rather absurdly blunt acknowledgment of the [[EvilColonialist cruel, exploitative worldview]] behind this trope Aghnar promptly feeds the entire tribe to a cetacyborg to distract it long enough for him to ambush the crew.