History YMMV / Invincible

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Rex Splode.

* VillainSue: [[spoiler: Robot, after his FaceHeelTurn.]] While capable and full of resources, [[spoiler: he]] was never that much of a heavy-hitter, and then [[spoiler: he]] suddenly becomes able to take on pretty much every hero and villain on Earth (including Mark) and ''win'', with little effort. And this while acting in the shadows, managing to keep [[spoiler: his growing army of perfected drones]] secret from everyone. It gets even worse after [[spoiler: he]] succesfully takes over the world, since the comics presents it as an actual utopia, with all the problems fixed by merely killing some unnamed bad people in the shadows, without ever facing complex issues or causing any significant systemic change, to the point that people don't even notice ''what'' changed, just that things are mysteriously better, with only a vague comment from the Immortal against it and not even the heroes who oppose him able to bring actual arguments against the success of the operation, only making a mistake when the plot required the situation to change. [[spoiler: And to make it even worse, Mark ends up agreeing with him and keeping his brain alive so that he can continue to operate.]] You might be forgiven for thinking that Kirkman actually endorses [[spoiler: Robot.]]

* LoveToHate: Angstrom Levy, for being an [[ItsPersonal extremely personal]] ArchEnemy of Mark as well as his rather creative schemes to try and ruin Mark's life.

** [[spoiler: A Random Omnipotent Alien gives Mark the chance to [[PeggySue go back in time and undo all of the bad things that have happened to him since the very first issue]]. After ''much'' {{Wangst}}, Mark decides [[StatusQuoIsGod he would rather keep things as they are]] (and the arc ends with the {{Cliffhanger}} that he got ''even more screwed by the universe'' (like, for example, his daughter growing up five years without him). The three-issue arc, called "Reboot", even keeps advertising the ''Invincible'' universe as "so good it ''doesn't'' needs a reboot", so we have a rare case of LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt lampshaded ''right there on the cover''.]]

** Just when you think Robot couldn't be any worse, [[spoiler: at the end of issue 137, he begins kidnapping all of the Viltrumites' half-breed children and implies that he will force them to become '''''child soldiers!''''' [[SarcasmMode No doubt]] [[PapaWolf this]] [[MamaBear will]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge end well]] [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong once their parents find out....]] This is what finally convinces ''everyone'', including the heroes who previously sided with Robot, that he needs to be stopped.]]

* {{Sequelitis}}: The worst performing of all Jackson's albums made under the Epic label, both critically and commercially.

** Since the [[spoiler:Viltrumites]] are a superpowered [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy proud warrior race]] that goes around sending their own to conquer unsuspecting planets, the go-to summary of them is that they're like [[Manga/DragonBall Saiyans]]. Helping things is that [[EnsembleDarkhorse Allen the Alien's]] ability to come back stronger from near death experiences further parallel's a Saiyan's Zenkai boost.

* 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 great Music/MichaelJackson album, and contains some of his more infamous post-''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' trademarks: songs that [[EpicRocking go on for a hundred years]], borrowing from [[GenreAdultery several then-popular styles of music]] and trying to repeat the success of ''Music/{{Thriller}}'''s title track. 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 good. It's telling that "You Rock My World" was the #1 downloaded song on iTunes the day MJ died and not, say, "Billie Jean" or "Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough."
* VindicatedByHistory: While still regarded as not one of his strongest solo album compared to his previous ones, many agreed after Jackson's passing, that it was nowhere near as bad as people said it was back in 2001.

** Also an example of BeamMeUpScotty since Omni-man says "Think" once and not a second time.

** Annisa [[spoiler: raping]] Mark.

* ItWasHisSled: [[spoiler: Omni-man is actually a mole sent by the Viltrumites to conquer the planet, and he kills the Guardians of the Globe to soften Earth's defenses.]]

* MagnificentBastard: [[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.

* JerkAssWoobie: Both Rex Splode and Bulletproof qualify in similar ways, initially characterized as rather shallow and shameless cheaters who later reveal HiddenDepths and undergo a TraumaCongaLine in both their backstories and present lives, enough to make their sleaziness and infidelity seem like insignificant flaws in comparison.

* TheWoobie: Mark's fiance breaks up with him and later [[spoiler:Anissa rapes him when he's at his lowest]], all in the same day. Even when he and Eve reconcile, the latter still haunts him.

* CompleteMonster: [[ItsAllAboutMe Grand Regent Thragg]], ruler of the Viltrumite empire, continues the brutal traditions of [[TheSocialDarwinist only the strong surviving]], conquest and genocide throughout the galaxy. Ordering the deaths of countless billions, Thragg leads his people against the heroic half-Viltrumite Markus "Mark" Grayson--aka Invincible--resulting in the loss of their homeworld. Opting to lurk on Earth to breed a new army of Viltrumites with the survivors, Thragg learns his ArchEnemy, Mark's father Nolan, is the true heir of the empire. Thragg attempts to murder him, only to be defeated and exiled where he travels to a short lived species' world, taking it over and forcibly breeding thousands upon thousands of disposable half-Viltrumites who initially age quickly. Initiating a new war, Thragg attempts to wipe out entire worlds to establish the New Viltrumite Empire, using [[AbusiveParents his own children]] as CannonFodder that he can send to literally break upon their enemy, dying pointlessly by the hundreds before attempting to destroy Earth and his old Viltrumite followers now defending it. A cruel tyrant obsessed with his ideals of strength at the expense of all else, Thragg remained Mark's most personal foe and the author of endless misery.

** Since the [[spoiler:Viltrumites]] are a superpowered [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy proud warrior race]] that goes around sending their own to conquer unsuspecting planets, the go-to summary of them is that they're like [[Manga/DragonBall Saiyans]]. Helping things is that [[EnsembleDarkhorse Allen the Alien's]] ability to come back stronger from near death experiences further parrallel's a Saiyan's Zenkai boost.

** Just when you think Robot couldn't be any worse, [[spoiler: at the end of issue 137, he begins kidnapping all of the Viltrumites' half-breed children and implies that he will force them become '''''child soldiers!''''' [[SarcasmMode No doubt]] [[PapaWolf this]] [[MamaBear will]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge end well]] [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong once their parents find out....]] This is what finally convinces ''everyone'', including the heroes who previously sided with Robot, that he needs to be stopped.]]

* 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 great Music/MichaelJackson album, and contains some of his more infamous post-''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' trademarks: songs that [[EpicRocking go on for a hundred years]], borrowing from [[GenreAdultery several then-popular styles of music]] and trying (and failing) to repeat the success of ''Music/{{Thriller}}'''s title track. 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 good. It's telling that "You Rock My World" was the #1 downloaded song on iTunes the day MJ died and not, say, "Billie Jean" or "Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough."

* MemeticMutation: Think, Mark! Think![[labelnote:Explanation]]Omni-Man's attempt at a BreakingSpeech towards a badly beaten Mark became a goldmine for copypastas, with people replacing the speech with various rants and conspiracy theories.[[/labelnote]]

** Since the [[spoiler:Viltrumites]] are a superpowered [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy proud warrior race]] that goes around sending their own to conquer unsuspecting planets, the go-to summary of them is that they're like [[Manga/DragonBall Saiyans]].

%%* TheScrappy: Oliver, [[InvokedTrope deliberately so]].%%

* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:After watching Viltrum get destroyed, a heartbroken and enraged Thragg beats Mark to a pulp while raging that what Invincible and the other Viltrumite traitors have done is worse than anything Thragg and his followers have done. How much of a point he has depends on whether you consider destroying someone's planet worse than being the overlord of an expansionist space empire that routinely engages in mass murder.]]