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3	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/invincible_1.jpg]]
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5	'''Work in Progress, Free Free to Edit'''
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7	''Mr. Invincible'' (''Imbattable'' or ''Unbeatable'') is a Superhero French comic strip written and illustrated by Pascal Jousselin. Pascal makes creative use of the comic by exploiting its use of panels, colors, speech bubbles and the pages themselves
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9	He's strong, he's humble, he's Invincible! The only real/true comic book superhero with the power to jump across the panels themselves ...he's not alone, there's Too-dee Boy
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12	Volumes in the series:
13	* Justice and Fresh Vegetables (7th April 2017)
14	* Local Heroes (27th April 2018)
15	* The Thugs' Nightmare (TBA)
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17	This should not be confused with another superhero comic, ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}''.
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19	!!Unbeatable Tropes:
20	* ButtMonkey:
21	** The Meat Delivery Guy gets unknowingly screwed over twice by Toodee ...stolen then shrunk
22	* BlankWhiteVoid: The margins surrounding the borders of the comic act as one called "The Great Beyond". Anything or Anyone (Including Mr. Invincible if he's not careful) that falls into it will disappear forever if they reach past the bottom of the page.
23	* CatUpATree: One of the examples of Invincible's fourth wall powers in the first volume is retrieving a cat stuck in tree by reaching down and taking the cat from a future comic panel from further down the page.
24	* LoafingInFullCostume: Both Mr. Invincible and Toodee
25	%%* MediumAwareness:
26	* PaintingTheMedium: The fonts of the characters' speech balloons are used to represent the particularities of their voices or their language. Toudi's font is wildly varying because his voice is breaking while people speaking a foreign language use a completely different font.
27	%%* PieInTheFace:
28	%%%* WrongContextMagic:
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30	!!Characters Page
31	[[foldercontrol]]
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33	[[folder:Mr. Invincible (Unbattable/Unbeatable)]]
34	Our humble hero protagonist
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36	Being a panel walker means he can traverse to different points of the comic by leaping across panels in any direction. Those without his MediumAwareness perform [[PowerMisidentification misidentify his powers]] as StealthyTeleportation, [[StableTimeLoop time-travelling]], [[SelfDuplication duplicating himself]] and so on.
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38	%%* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS:
39	* CharacterTitle:
40	* FrameBreak: ...throws or bring things and transports people across the same way
41	%%* HumbleHero:
42	%%* LoafingInFullCostume:
43	* MediumAwareness: He knows that his universe is a comic book that's divided into panels and pages as well as being surrounded by "[[BlankWhiteVoid The Great Beyond]]". This awareness acts as RequiredSecondaryPowers so he can properly interact or move across panels with his superpowers.
44	%%* MundaneUtility:
45	* PowerIncontinence: He cannot turn off his powers so he's liable to fall through the panels and into the Great Beyond when pushed with enough force or accidentally cause things to drop onto others in a later panel.
46	%%* SelfDuplication:
47	%%* StableTimeLoop:
48	* StealthyTeleportation: What others mainly perceive his powers as since he seemingly vanishes and appears out of nowhere. In actuality, he's walking or jumping across panels of different locations to get to places instantaneously.
49	%%* SuperheroesWearCapes:
50	* TelephoneTeleport: ... ReachingBetweenTheLines
51	[[/folder]]
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53	[[folder:Jean-Pierre]]
54	An everyday policeman and Mr. Invincible's partner and closest friend.
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56	* ADayInTheLimelight: One story focuses on him as he visits the grave of his dead wife and then goes on to catch a culprit without the help of any superheroes (Although he does not know that the ghost of his wife helped him).
57	* TheTeamNormal: He has no superpowers, but is a dedicated and competent policeman.
58	[[/folder]]
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60	[[folder:Too-Dee Boy (Toudi)]]
61	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/toudi.png]]
62	Mr. Invincible's faithful teenage sidekick who aspires to be a superhero under his apprenticeship but has to tackle puberty and his schoolwork first.
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64	His power allows him to [[PerspectiveMagic manipulate perspective]] and accomplish feats such as moving heavy objects from a distance and changing the size of anything.
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66	* LoafingInFullCostume:
67	* MindOverMatter:
68	* MundaneUtility: crossing guard
69	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Or rather superhero name as Toodee rarely goes by his real name of Fabrice that only his mother calls him by.
70	* PerspectiveMagic:
71	* PowerIncontinence: Like Mr. Invincible, he has to be careful of what his powers might affect the surrounding
72	* SizeShifter: a candy in his back pocket thrown at a distance, big enough to smash through a brick wall, a baby chick bounces off his shoulder turned Kaiju size, even shrinking ''the moon'' to give to his crush before putting it back
73	* TotallyRadical:
74	* WhatTheHellHero:
75	[[/folder]]
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77	!!Other Superpowered Individuals
78	[[folder:Grandpa Jack (Pepe Cochonnet)]]
79	[[quoteright:130:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jack_82.png]]
80	An elderly man
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82	Actions speak louder than words have nothing on him when his SpeechBubbles can affect the physical world. With them, he can crush...
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84	* BerserkButton: He absolutely hates liars which is a surefire way to activate his powers to go on the offensive. Mr. Mayor learned this the hard way when he blatantly lied to Grandpa Jack's face about not tearing down the Bocce ball court only to do so anyway which set off the latter who proceeded to wreck the former's construction vehicles and equipment.
85	* EmotionalPowers: He has to be sufficiently angry in order to use his powers effectively which is represented by him [[HighPressureEmotion turning red in the face]].
86	* HighPressureEmotion: red in the face
87	* LogicalWeakness: SpeechBubbles
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90	* MindOverMatter: Since nobody can see his SpeechBubbles, the average person interprets his powers as an invisible force that can either be destructive to the surrounding area or make others float in the air.
91	%%* NotQuiteFlight:
92	%%* ThePowerOfLanguage:
93	* SpeechBubbles: Grandpa Jack is able to use his to crush objects with metric tons of force, attack or suspend others in the air and as a [[NotQuiteFlight makeshift aircraft by riding it]]. However, he isn't aware of the speech bubbles since he can't [[MediumAwareness see them like Mr. Invincible can]] and mistakenly thinks his powers are derived through ThePowerOfLanguage.
94	[[/folder]]
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96	[[folder:Chromaline]]
97	A French-exchange student in America who, along with her pet dog, is desperately trying to evade the military forces from using her as a weapon.
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99	What are the sought-after powers you might ask, to change and control colours. Doesn't sound impressive given the powers we've seen beforehand but don't underestimate her as she can do ''loads'' with it.
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101	* BlindedByTheLight: KirbyDots acting as a flash-bang
102	%%* ChameleonCamouflage:
103	* EndlessDaytime: By changing the blue skies to a bright yellow, she managed to wreck the entire city's sleep cycle for a whole week until Mr. Invincible and backup arrived to stop her.
104	* EpilepticFlashingLights: A different application of her blinding light is the pulsating, nausea-inducing colours she can add to it. However, this [[LogicalWeakness doesn't work on colourblind people]] like Toudee.
105	%%* HeroesLoveDogs:
106	%%* LadyLooksLikeADude:
107	* LethalHarmlessPowers: Manipulating colours
108	* LogicalWeakness:
109	** colourblind people, cover their eyes with sunglasses
110	** can't use colours, if she can't see the colours
111	* MeaningfulName: "Chroma" in her name means "purity or intensity of colour" which corresponds to her powers of [[BlindedByTheLight blinding]], [[EpilepticFlashingLights incapacitating]] and camouflaging with colours.
112	* PowerGlows: Has the more obvious, flashier side
113	%%%* SwissArmySuperpower:
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116	[[folder:Backwardspacker]]
117	An [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] backpacker [[MerlinSickness living her life backwards]] and trying to cope with it.
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119	* BlessedWithSuck: Unlike the others who use their powers to their advantage and become superheroes or villains, she receives the short end of the stick of being burdened with living her life in reverse, one panel at a time. There is a side effect of her condition that duplicates any items she interacts with before they merge and/or outright disappear from existence so they can fit with her reverse-chronological state (She almost lost her backpack forever because of this).
120	* MerlinSickness:
121	* OneShotCharacter: She makes her sole appearance in Local Heroes since the [[MerlinSickness backwards nature of her ability]] makes it impossible for her to cross paths with the main cast again.
122	* NoNameGiven: The Backwardspacker goes unnamed in-story which leads to the placeholder nickname for the page.
123	* SdrawkcabSpeech: A variation in that she's not talking backwards but rather in reverse chronological order which confuses and/or infuriates anyone she holds a conversation with.
124	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Nobody seems to realise how she's moving in reverse except Mr. Invincible
125	[[/folder]]
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127	!!Antagonists
128	[[folder:Mad Scientist]]
129	A mad scientist bent on taking over the world but is foiled every step of the way by Mr. Invincible. He's completely unaware of how Mr. Invincible's powers work but can somehow make inventions that copy them in a way.
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131	* GadgeteerGenius:
132	* HarmlessVillain:
133	[[/folder]]
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135	[[folder:The Jester (Le Plaisantin)]]
136	[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_jester.png]]
137	A supervillain and number one public enemy in Grandville spreading mischief and mayhem for kicks
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139	His ability as a page-crosser lets him phase through the panels of adjacent pages
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141	%%* CreepyShadowedUndereyes:
142	%%* EvilCounterpart:
143	%%* {{Expy}}:
144	* ForTheEvulz: The first thing he does after forcing the city to submit to him is ban potatoes just because it would annoy people.
145	* FryingPanOfDoom: ...cause his first defeat
146	* {{Intangibility}}: To those unaware of his true ability, he terrifies the people of Grandville by phasing through walls and even the air to unexpectedly pop up anywhere.
147	* LogicalWeakness: He cannot see what's on the other side of the page when walking into another panel unless he sticks his head out. This leads to his defeats, once when he was blindsided by a [[FryingPanOfDoom frying pan]] to the face and another when he [[SelfDisposingVillain knocks himself out]] due to being unaware of the self-duplication caused by his powers via StableTimeLoop.
148	** Initially, Mr. Invincible wrongly deduced that The Jester can only phase through solid surfaces so everyone went on the rooftops to protect the mayor's kid, only for The Jester to phase through the air with no problem and kidnapped him just as planned.
149	%%* SelfDisposingVillain:
150	%%* StableTimeLoop:
151	%%* StealthyTeleportation
152	[[/folder]]
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154	!!Citizens
155	[[folder:Nephew]]
156	Mr. Invincible's nephew
157	[[/folder]]
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159	[[folder:Mr. Mayor]]
160	%%* CorruptPolitician:
161	%%%* PieInTheFace:
162	[[/folder]]
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164	[[folder:CEO of Pestichem]]
165	A shrewd businesswoman only interested in making more money than the environment her products are destroying
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167	%%* HeelFaceTurn: giant baby chick
168	[[/folder]]
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170	%%Paraphrase the following descriptions below:
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172	%%Volume 1
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174	%% Masked, like any vigilante, capped, like any vigilante, he makes life hard for mad scientists and bad jokers, without ever forgetting to bring back the bread. Not only is Unbeatable unbeatable, but his superpower makes him the only true comic book superhero!
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176	%%From the grid structure of comic strips, Pascal Jousselin has made a field of narrative exploration, a playful space where his characters can move freely. Its superhero leaps from one box to another and plays shifts and transfers, Unbeatable is not only a real tribute to classic Franco-Belgian comics, but also a wonderful reading experience, dynamic and inventive.
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178	%%Volume 2
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180	%%This masked vigilante, devoted to just causes and domestic tasks, can see what is happening in the other squares of the board and jump from one square to another to fight Evil with his allies: Toudi, the apprentice hero who manipulates perspective, and Pepe Cochonnet, the magician of speech bubbles.
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182	%%From comic strips, Pascal Jousselin has made a fun space where his hero can move around freely. Through an original use of boxes, colors, speech bubbles and the pages themselves, this sequel to Unbeatable experiments in an even more surprising way with the possibilities of the comic strip that made the success of the first album.
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