History Recap / Invincible2021S02E03InAboutSixHoursILoseMyVirginityToAFish

* EcoTerrorist: Doc Seismic returns to sink the Washington Monument because it's made out of granite and other materials taken from the Earth.

** The alternate universe Mark who got imprisoned in the Pentagon after him and that universe's Omni-Man unsuccesfully tried to take over Earth, causing probably millions of deaths and untold destruction. That Mark shows absolutely no remorse for the lives lost because of him and his father and even seems amused that humanity lost huge parts of Europe stopping Omni-Man. He gets used for information by Angstorm, then left to rot after Angstrom tells that universe's Cecil and Donald to make their Invincible suffer for what he's done. Mark can do nothing but indignantly demand for Angstrom to come back and free him like he promised.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Eve creates a community park out of an empty lot after hearing a tenant complain about the city leaving it vacant for years. Unfortunately, Eve didn't know that the ground wasn't stable, and the park ends up collapsing into a sinkhole some time later. Although nobody got killed, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Eve is utterly horrified when she finds out what happened]], and Adam ends up rubbing salt in the wound by telling her that her powers make her dangerous.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Deconstructed. The foreman who chews out Atom Eve for fixing a building with her powers is accused of being this by a tenant, who encourages Eve to keep "cutting through the red tape". However, after Eve also creates a public park out of an empty lot (which the tenant complains the city refused to do anything with, making it an eyesore), it collapses because the area was to unstable to build on, ''which is why the city never built anything there''. This proves the earlier foreman right for being worried about Eve not building to code, as those rules are there for a reason. As frustrating as it can be, construction has to be done slowly and carefully to avoid problems.

** The alternate universe Mark who got imprisoned in the Pentagon after him and that universe's Omni-Man unsuccesfully tried to take over Earth, causing probably millions of deaths and untold destruction. That Mark shows absolutely no remorse for the lives lost because of him and his father and even seems amused that humanity lost huge parts of Europe stopping Omni-Man. He gets used for information by Angstorm, then left to rot after Angstrom tells that universe's Cecil and Donald to make their Invincible suffer for what he's done and Mark can do nothing but indignantly demand for Angstrom to come back and free him like he promised.

* AssholeVictim: The Depth-Dweller goes on a rampage killing many Atlanteans in the process. As Cecil points out, they were the ones that chained the Depth-Dweller in the first place and were cheering when it was beating up Mark. Mark still tries to rescue them to show he's a hero.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Eve creates a community park out of an empty lot after hearing a tenant complain about the city leaving it vacant for years. Unfortunately, Eve didn’t know that the ground wasn’t stable, and the park ends up collapsing into a sinkhole some time later. Although nobody got killed, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Eve is utterly horrified when she finds out what happened]], and Adam ends up rubbing salt in the wound by telling her that her powers make her dangerous.

* JerkassHasAPoint:
** The construction foreman who chews out Eve for fixing an apartment building with her powers (since they cannot make sure everything is up to code) is dismissed as an ObstructiveBureaucrat by a bystander, which prompts Eve to do the exact same thing by turning a nearby lot into a public park. She is proven right to be angry when the park collapses into a sinkhole, which is why the city didn't do anything with the lot.
** To a lesser extent, Adam is right to refuse the golden apple Eve creates for him to sell. While it is largely to do with his own ego, creating wealth out of nothing ''is'' an abuse of her powers that could lead to unforseen consequences, not to mention unexplained revenue getting them in trouble with the IRS.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Deconstructed. The foreman who chews out Atom Eve for fixing a building with her powers is accused of being this by a tenant, who encourages Eve to keep "cutting through the red tape". However, after Eve also creates a public park out of an empty lot (which the tenant complains about the city not doing anything with it), it collapses because the area was to unstable to build on, ''which is why the city never built anything there''. This proves the earlier foreman right for being worried about Eve not building to code, as those rules are there for a reason. As frustrating as it can be, construction has to be done slowly and carefully to avoid problems.

** The construction foreman who chews out Eve for fixing an apartment building with her powers (since they cannot make sure everything is up to code) is dismissed as an ObstructiveBeurocrat by a bystander, which prompts Eve to do the exact same thing by turning a nearby lot into a public park. She is proven right to be angry when the park collapses into a sinkhole, which is why the city didn't do anything with the lot.
** To a lesser extent, Adam is right to refuse the golden apple Eve creates for him to sell. While it is largely to do with his own ego, creating wealth out of nothing ''is'' an abuse of her powers that could lead to unforseen consequences, like unexplained revenue.