History YMMV / Invincible

* ValuesDissonance: Some of the characters using the word "gay" disparagingly in earlier issues, particularly with the whole "this is so gay" RunningGag. While not inaccurate to how teens talked during the time of its release, such usage drops off significantly as the series progresses (and not just because of the characters getting OlderAndWiser), and the animated adaptation made a point to leave it out entirely.

* AlasPoorScrappy: In-universe example: [[spoiler: Rex Splode.]] Few people would have admitted to liking him when he was alive, but those who knew him were all very much hurt by his death.

* HilariousInHindsight: With the premise of this comic being the son of the SupermanSubstitute becoming a hero in his own right, ComicBooks/{{Superman}} himself would later get a canonical son who takes up his mantle, in the form of [[ComicBook/SupermanSonOfKalEl Jonathan Samuel Kent]]. ''Series/SupermanAndLois'' would also center around the concept of a son of Superman developing powers in his teen years, [[spoiler: and facing an invasion by evil members of his father's native species]].

* HilariousInHindsight: With the premise of this comic being the son of the SupermanSubstitute becoming a hero in his own right, Superman himself would later get a canonical son who takes up his mantle, in the form of Jonathan Samuel Kent. ''Series/SupermanAndLois'' would also center around the concept of a son of Superman developing powers in his teen years, [[spoiler: and facing an invasion by evil members of his father's native species]].

* HilariousInHindsight: With the premise of this comic being the son of the SupermanSubstitute becoming a hero in his own right, Superman himself would later get a canonical son who takes up his mantle in the form of Jonathan Samuel Kent.

** Shrinking Ray [[spoiler:[[DroppedABridgeOnHim suddenly gets eaten]] by a Komodo Dragon]] early in in the series. This results in him being the one with no character focus amongst the new Guardians of the Globe, which is a shame when so much more could have been done with his size-changing ability.

** Zandale/Bulletproof doesn't get much spotlight until much later, giving a fairly negative first impression when he attempts, unsuccessfully, to seduce both Atom Eve and Monster Girl while he's still in a relationship (as is Eve, with Invincible himself). His girlfriend Carla even hints at past infidelity on Zandale's part, something she's forgiven while he's evidently failed to learn from his mistakes. Later, Zandale's own DarkAndTroubledPast is revealed: [[spoiler: he's TheUnfavorite of a pair of twins and has secretly been posing as his brother Tyrone, a scientific genius beloved by their parents but also secretly a cruel mad scientist who got himself killed while running dangerous experiments on Zandale. It gets even worse when Zandale attempts to reveal the truth to his parents. They refuse to believe Tyrone's true nature, assuming Zandale murdered him. In the ensuing argument, Zandale and his girlfriend accidentally kill both of his parents.]]

** [[WellIntentionedExtremist Rudolph Conners]], aka "[[VillainWithGoodPublicity Robot]]", is the leader of the Teen Team. Coming into prominence following Omni-Man's murder of the original Guardians of the Globe, Robot used his ingenuity to accomplish his own goals while defending the Earth from various threats, used the Mauler Twins to rebuild his body only to turn on them afterwards, and instigated a successful slave revolt against the Flaxans while trapped in their dimension. Resentful of Mark for being given credit for helping rebuild after Dinosaurus' final attack while his efforts go unnoticed, and fearing what Mark could become upon witnessing a evil version of Invincible in an [[MirrorUniverse alternate dimension]], Robot sought to unify the world under his banner. Trapping Invincible in the alternate Earth, Robot launches a coup against the Global Defense Agency and purges of many of Earth's heroes, leading to Robot effectively [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the Earth]]. Under his rule war and poverty are almost completely eradicated, his efforts causing any potential resistance to fizzle out and forcing Invincible to leave Earth. Even after his defeat following a fatal error, Invincible, seeing that Robot has benefited humanity, preserved his brain to allow Robot to continue guiding humanity from the shadows, but restrained enough to prevent him from seeking absolute power again.

TheScrappy: Duplikate. We're supposed to find her relationship with The Immortal to be wholesome, and also serve as a more responsible and "has-its-shit-together" counterpart to Mark and Eve's relationship, but we are never shown why the Immortal cares about her so much. Not only is she shown to be a serial cheater (granted, Rex kinda deserved it), she constantly makes disparaging comments about Eve's appearance and is shown to be a stereotypical nagging and manipulative asian wife. And unlike Rex and Bulletproof's cases, we are never shown a complex backstory justifying the less savory aspects of her personality.

* RomanticPlotTumor: Mark and Eve's WillTheyOrWontThey dynamic. The first 50 issues were spent with them dragging their feet around the fact they liked each other, Mark constantly fucking up the opportunities to be with her, and staying in a relationship with Amber despite everyone (both in, and outside universe) seeing how much he was in love with Eve. Things get much better once they get together in issue 50, and they develop into a healthy and appealing couple.
* TheScrappy: Duplikate. We're supposed to find her relationship with The Immortal to be wholesome, and also serve as a more responsible and "has-its-shit-together" counterpart to Mark and Eve's relationship, but we are never shown why the Immortal cares about her so much. Not only is she shown to be a serial cheater (granted, Rex kinda deserved it), she constantly makes disparaging comments about Eve's appearance and is shown to be a stereotypical nagging and manipulative asian wife. And unlike Rex and Bulletproof's cases, we are never shown a complex backstory justifying the less savory aspects of her personality.

** Rick who's, turned into a robotic zombie super soldier against his will and even though he is partially turned back into a human, he is still affected by the trauma.

** [[WellIntentionedExtremist Rudolph Conners]], aka "[[VillainWithGoodPublicity Robot]]", is the leader of the Teen Team. Coming into prominence following Omni-Man's murder of the original Guardians of the Globe, Robot used his ingenuity to accomplish his own goals while defending the Earth from various threats; using the Mauler Twins to rebuild his body only to turn on them afterwards, and instigating a successful slave revolt against the Flaxans while trapped in their dimension. Resentful of Mark for being given credit for helping rebuild after Dinosaurs' final attack while his efforts go unnoticed, and fearing what Mark could become upon witnessing a evil version of Invincible in a [[MirrorUniverse alternate dimension]], Robot sought to unify the world under his banner. Trapping Invincible in the alternate Earth, Robot launches a coup against the Global Defense Agency when Invincible got back and purges of many of Earth's heroes; leading to Robot effectively [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the Earth]]. Under his rule war and poverty almost completely eradicated, his efforts causing any potential resistance against Robot to fizzle out and forcing Invincible to leave Earth. Even after his defeat by Invincible following a fatal error of Robot's, Invincible, seeing that Robot has benefited humanity, preserved his brain to allow Robot to continue guiding humanity from the shadows, but restrained enough to prevent him from seeking absolute power again.
** [[ArchnemesisDad Nolan Grayson]], better known as the superhero "[[BewareTheSuperman Omni-Man]]", presents as the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity greatest hero alive]] while being a spy for the Viltrumite Empire. A successful infiltrator of Earth, Nolan lures the Guardians of the Globe into a trap to wipe them out so he might prepare Earth for a Viltrumite takeover. Upon realizing he loves his son Mark too much to kill him for opposing him, Nolan flees, later becoming an enemy of the Viltrumites where he uses his skill, strength and knowledge to assist the Coalition of Planets against his old empire, while telling Mark to use the information in his books against the Viltrumites. Finally ascending to becoming the Emperor of the Viltrumites, Nolan attempts to lead his people into a new age of peace and tolerance.

* SoOkayItsAverage: What listeners eventually felt about it after the controversy about Jackson's personal life died down. By all accounts, yeah, it's not a phenomenal album by Music/MichaelJackson standards, and contains some of his more infamous post-''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' trademarks: songs that [[EpicRocking go on for hours]], and borrowing from several then-popular styles of music. However, this is ''still'' the King of Pop, who refused to release anything unless he felt it was as flawless as possible, so the songs on their own are still really great. It's telling that "You Rock My World" was the #1 downloaded song on iTunes the day MJ passed and not, say, "Billie Jean" or "Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough."

** "I thought... I thought you were stronger." [[labelnote:explanation]] Mark, horrified and covered in blood, reacting to seemingly beating Angstrom Levy to death. Used mostly as a joke about highly uneven match-ups. [[/labelnote]]

* SoOkayItsAverage: What listeners eventually felt about it after the controversy about Jackson's personal life died down. By all accounts, yeah, it's not a phenomenal album by Music/MichaelJackson standards, and contains some of his more infamous post-''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' trademarks: songs that [[EpicRocking go on for hours]], and borrowing from [[GenreAdultery several then-popular styles of music]]. However, this is ''still'' the King of Pop, who refused to release anything unless he felt it was as flawless as possible, so the songs on their own are still really great. It's telling that "You Rock My World" was the #1 downloaded song on iTunes the day MJ passed and not, say, "Billie Jean" or "Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough."

** "I thought... I thought you were stronger." [[labelnote:explanation]] Mark, horrified and covered in blood, reacting to seemingly beating Anstrong Levy to death. Used mostly as a joke about highly uneven match-ups. [[/labelnote]]