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Global Defense Agency

In General

• Big Brother Is Watching: According to Cecil, this is the price of being a superhero as at anytime the GDA may need to contact them for a crisis and as well as protect their love ones. They're shown to have set up in a house across the street from the Graysons following the Guardians' murders.
• The Call Knows Where You Live: And if necessary, the Director himself will appear in your bedroom while your date's in the next room to give a lecture on why you answer your god-damn phone if you want to be a superhero.
• Covert Group: While they can operate openly with some things, they also do have a lot of things they do which they like to keep a tight-held secret.
• Death Is Cheap: Deconstructed! It very much is not. The GDA is capable of reviving their staff. Mostly through cybernetics. But its expensive as hell and only available if the victim's body is at least partially intact. By 'partially', we mean the brain. And its only offered to middle management and up.
• Expy: Of S.H.I.E.L.D. with Cecil Steadman filling the role of Nick Fury.
• High Turn Over Rate: GDA burns through a lot of its personnel. A lot. Usually these are soldiers in the field, but a good chunk of the support staff and upper management are often put at risk and die too. No one's happy about it, but they power on through it, and will sometimes even willingly erase their memories if the trauma gets to them.
• Invisibility Cloak: GDA infantry have protective armor that turns them invisible; the only time they appear is when they already have you surrounded.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: Much like the fictional organizations its based on, the GDA has whole teams set up for this. Strangely enough for a a men in black rip-off, the GDA staff do it to themselves to escape trauma they have to deal with on a daily basis.
• Lesser of Two Evils: At their worst, being a very morally grey organization who do some very morally dubious stuff such as allowing Sinclair to continue producing Reanimen. But they are against much worse threats, such as Nolan.
• The Men in Black: Downplayed. In the first season the GDA was treated as the best kept secret in the world, even after they held open try out's for the most famous super team in the world. By season 2, they've mostly dropped this. With GDA soldiers openly working in broad daylight. Helping random beat cops against D-lister villians. Omni-man's rampage might've had something to do with that.
• Multiple Government Polity: Enough so to have permission to operate in other countries freely at least.
• Recruiting the Criminal: The GDA is not against this. Taking captured criminals and forcing them into active service. Much like the comics. Though a bit of Adaptational Heroism is in play. In that the villains are never allowed in the field and only used passively. Never allowed even a bit of power or freedom. Also, pretty open about it too. No one likes it, but they've learned to live with it.
• Research, Inc.: Are specifically said to have access to research and technology they have developed, that the general public has no access to.
• Powerful and Helpless: The GDA has the best military assets on earth, or atleast access to them at any time. Key word, 'Earth'. Threats from space, other dimensions, or just crazy super science wack jobs usually throws the GDA for a loop. Which nessitates the use of super heroes to deal with those specialist threats.
• Super Team: Its not entirely shown how it works, but the GDA at least has the authorization to call on various hero teams around the world for back-up for the crisis of the day. Though, only one specific team works for the GDA directly.

Cecil Stedman

Cecil Stedman

"I've faced death more times than I can count. But I'll be damned if that didn't put my balls in my throat."

Voiced By: Walton Goggins

"That's the problem with demons. You only see good and evil, black and white. Well I need to keep things gray."

The director of the GDA, he oversees all operations relating to the world of superheroes helped by his ability to teleport, and ropes in Invincible once he starts as a hero. After the death of the Guardians of the Globe, he begrudgingly lets Damien Darkblood investigate for him.

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• Adaptational Curves: He's slightly leaner in the show than he is in the comics.
• Adaptational Nice Guy: Relatively speaking. Compared to his comic iteration, Cecil is much more conflicted and regretful about some of the things he has to do. But he still does them. Mixed with Adaptational Jerkass when it comes to his recruiting DA Sinclair, as he treats the Mad Scientist with the contempt he deserves and it seems that the situation is closer to a prison job with a side of Teeth-Clenched Teamwork than what its comic equivalent was.
• Badass Normal: Doesn't have any powers to speak off, but he's more than willing to put himself in danger to stall Omni-Man in the field. Such as using some kind of energy rifle to get Omni-Man's attention (even knowing it won't hurt him) and wasting his time by using a teleportation device to dodge his attacks with Teleport Spam.
• Big Brother Is Watching: He dismisses Damien Darkblood's claim that the killer of the Guardians of the Globe (who is Omni-Man) had to be one of them. He places the Graysons under surveillance regardless, the justification being that the killer was still out there.
  • In the following episode though, he tells Mark that this trope is standard practice and is the price of being a superhero.
  • In episode 4, it's revealed that he does know Omni-Man killed the Guardians but wants to know why and how to stop him.
• Cool Old Guy: The director of the local S.H.I.E.L.D. Expy and everything that entails. He's calm, collected and quite mysterious. He shows off this coolness even further by straight up going in the field and stalling Omni-Man himself. He fully knows he can't win, especially after seeing a good amount of his men killed, but he still does it.
• Everyone Has Standards:
  • He's ruthless in his dedication to protecting humanity from any and all threats, and will not hesitate to cross any line he deems necessary to do so. But he makes it known under no uncertain terms that he's incredibly disgusted by D.A. Sinclair and his creations. Which only goes to show how desperate he is when he decides to call on Sinclair to try and stop Nolan when the latter goes looking for Mark. Understandably it's clear that he is not enjoying it every one bit.
  • Even when Nolan is out for blood and ruthlessly killing his men, Cecil still dials down the explosives on the Viltrumite, aiming to only knock him out rather than anything else, rather than risk collateral damage to any civilians in the blast radius.
  • Even as he keeps it as professional as possible when he faces Nolan and stalls him for time, it's clear that Cecil feels personally betrayed by him. He only raises his voice one time, and that's when Nolan calls the Guardians weak, coming to their defense. But even then, his choice of words show a seething contempt for Nolan's true nature, particularly calling him a "lying piece of shit".
  • In Season 2, Cecil lets Mark know that while Debbie's house is bugged for extra security and to keep tabs on her and Mark, he also makes it clear that there are no cameras in the house, seeming almost insulted by the insinuation when Mark assumes as such.
  • When Donald accuses Cecil of erasing his memories, the latter makes it explicit that he wouldn't do that to the employees under him, with it being revealed that GDA Agents voluntarily have their memories erased of their immense and surmounting trauma that comes from working with the Agency.
• Expy: Of Nick Fury, being the leader of a global intelligence agency who's willing to take morally grey actions for the greater good. His appearance also calls to mind Jonah Hex.
• Facial Horror: Downplayed, one side of his face has what looks like scarring lines extending from his lips, like a partial Glasgow Grin, but the rest of his face is unblemished.
• Godzilla Threshold: Crossed at least twice, in an attempt to stop Nolan, and potentially kill him, before he could get to Mark. The first time, he sent some of Sinclair's undead Reanimen after Nolan, later remarking just even talking to Sinclair made him feel dirty. The second, he sent the Kaiju Nolan fought in a previous battle, only with every enhancement injected into the creature he could think of to bolster its strength.
• Good Is Not Nice: He is far from the nicest individual and does a lot of shady stuff to protect the planet and innocent people. He later states he hates himself because of this trope.
• Jerkass Has a Point:
  • He sends Damien Darkblood back to Hell because he didn't want Darkblood antagonizing Nolan, who's the most powerful being on Earth and for reasons then-unknown killed the Guardians of the Globe.
  • When he sends Mark to Atlantis to atone for Omni-Man's murder of their king, Aquarus, it was merely supposed to be an Arranged Marriage with their queen. Unbeknownst to him, that custom has since changed and Mark is forced into a Trial by Combat with a sea monster, causing Cecil to renege on the deal. When the beast is released by one of Cecil's missiles and starts attacking the Atlanteans, Cecil has no problem leaving them to their fate, since they chained the beast up in the first place and should have made Mark's punishment clear before he agreed to it.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's got very few qualms in doing whatever it takes to keep the world safe, but that doesn't mean he's without kindness, as he tries to accommodate heroes the best he can, and tries his best to watch out for Debbie and Mark. Also, unlike many comic book characters in his archetype, protecting and saving innocent lives is a major priority for him, and he never risks them in his plans if he can possibly help it.
• Kick the Dog: He was willing to let Mark die if it meant defeating Omni-Man, though it's clear that the decision wasn't an easy one for him.
• Lean and Mean: Heroic shade of this trope. Despite his ruthlessness, Cecil still genuinely believes in protecting the planet and often regrets the amoral things he's done.
• My Greatest Failure: Sees being unable to realize Nolan/Omni-Man was Evil All Along and being unprepared for it, as his talk with Debbie during the season 1 finale shows;
  Cecil: Nolan was doing everything under my nose and I never saw it. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I couldn't make things as right as they could be.
• Pet the Dog:
  • In episode 6, after Invincible apologizes for mangling Sinclair's jaw in a rage, Cecil gently tells him that he doesn't have to and that he probably would've done the same thing in his position.
  • The aftermath of Nolan and Mark's fight in episode 8 has him going above and beyond with this. Doing his absolute best to make sure that Mark and Debbie are going to be okay. Pulling all sorts of strings to make sure that during and after Mark's healing their lives can get a little bit of normalcy after all that has transpired.
  • Although he demotes Robot from his position as leader of the new Guardians in favor of The Immortal due to Robot still struggling to deal with his new body, Cecil still reassures him that he's still part of the team.
  • He assures Mark that he isn't like his father just because he killed Angstrom in a rage, as Angstrom had been the one who decided to threaten and harm Mark's family.
• Reasonable Authority Figure:
  • He may do some immoral acts, but we see that his desire to protect the Earth and its people is genuine. In fact, when finding out that Nolan is the prime suspect for the Guardians' murders, he keeps any investigating on the down-low and exorcises Damien Darkblood for investigation, only to monitor the house and send armed men to protect Debbie after she confronts Nolan. Cecil is genuinely worried when he can't reach Mark, doing all he can to try and evacuate him to safety after Omni-Man goes on his rampage against Donald and the GDA team, becoming horrified when Mark witnesses his father killing Immortal again. When Cecil witnesses Omni-Man committing several attrocities then nearly murder Mark, he fakes Nolan's death and reassures Debbie that no one will connect her and Mark's civilian identities to Omni-Man so they can live without harassment, while giving Mark top-of-the-line medical care.
  • In Season 2, he initially refuses to bring Mark back into superheroics after the latter has spend a month semi-benched, both out of concerns that Mark may have more in common with his father than either of them would like, but also because more obviously, Mark is still mentally and emotionally hurting in the fallout of events and needs time to genuinely heal. Whilst it's overall ambigious how much of it was an act to Mark or his work colleagues, he does come across as genuinely empathising with the young man on some level and understanding his pain, even if the job absolutely comes first. Similarly, he harshly dresses down the Guardians' destructive performance without Invincible in their corner, but outlines to Dupli-Kate that this was still the nice way of putting things, and brings in both The Immortal and Bulletproof to help with their leadership performance in the field as well as having a Lightning Bruiser who can fill in for Mark whilst the latter is under observation.
• The Stoic: Cecil is a Reasonable Authority Figure and the number of times he genuinely loses his cool can be counted on one hand. He admits that Omni-Man coming within literally a nanosecond of killing Cecil before his teleporter saves him is not such a time.
• Teleport Spam: His personal teleporter device can be used in this manner. He also showcases impressive reflexes when using it since without them Omni-Man would've reduced him to a fine paste immediately and even then he only barely missed.
• Villain Respect: Despite being vocally contemptuous of Sinclair in front of Mark, Cecil cannot help but openly admire the fact Sinclair created such advanced cyborgs in a sewer with nothing more than scraps all on his own.
• Vocal Dissonance: Cecil is an old man and looks it, but his voice actually still sounds quite young for his age and appearance especially compared to Omni-Man's rather gravely tone in scenes where they're together.
• We Used to Be Friends: In Episode 7, Cecil makes it clear that Omni-Man's murder of the Guardians isn't just a slight against him on a professional level, but a personal one. He shows a rare righteous anger toward Nolan and even says that Debbie and him both have being hurt by Nolan's betrayal in common.
• What the Hell, Hero?: On both the receiving end and the giving end:
  • He calls out Nolan for killing the original Guardians of the Globe, making it clear he's rightfully upset at the man, especially considering all their time together.
  • Debbie calls out Cecil not long after for refusing to call off Hail Mary's attack on Mark and Nolan on the grounds he doesn't know if Mark will side with his father or not. Debbie says his Good Is Not Soft approach is a reason she always hated him. Cecil sadly agrees that it's why he hates himself as well.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: In season 2 episode 8, he sympathizes with Mark over his grief regarding Angstrom Levy's death, explaining that Mark did what he had to do to protect his family, and that just because he killed a crazed villain who was threatening them doesn't make him anything like Nolan.

Donald Ferguson

Donald Ferguson

"It's been an honor, sir."

Voiced By: Chris Diamantopoulos

"We're not our bodies. We're the decisions we make, the lives we change, the people we love... or who love us. I don't need to forget that, and neither do you."

A high-ranking GDA agent who serves directly under Cecil Stedman.

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• Adaptational Angst Upgrade: In the comic he is aware of his conversion to a cyborg and he has fully accepted it. In the show, his memories were wiped so he appears to just be figuring it out and is going through existential angst. It's revealed that this is a semi-regular thing, where he learns he died, and asks Cecil to remove his memories of this as he can't cope with them or his new nature. This time he eventually figures out a way to deal with it, realizing he always dies doing something heroic, and that these actions should define him more than his cyborg nature.
• Apologetic Attacker: Rather, apologetic and secret protector. He reveals that he sent armed soldiers to the house, ready to fire on Nolan if he tried to attack Debbie, and evacuates her, along with the rest of the neighborhood, to a secure location. Donald apologizes for the intrusion, orders his people to stand down once Nolan is gone, and stays to monitor Nolan's response if and when he returns.
• Badass Normal:
  • Like Cecil, he has no powers but still manages to wield a rifle big and powerful enough to make even Nolan wince when shot in the face, and then dodge Nolan's first attack, which is rather impressive considering he's dealing with someone who can move fast enough to ignite oxygen.
  • It's revealed he died 39 times so far, and each time it's while performing heroic deeds, saving people, covering for them to escape, or trying to rescue people, with no regards for his own safety and no hesitation. And no knowledge he might come back from this.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Introduced as Cecil's stammering, seemingly gormless assistant with an uncanny resemblance to Bobby Hill, he shows surprising feats of bravery befitting the GDA director's Number Two, including assuming a martial arts pose when a Kaiju's body was moving, exorcising Damien Darkblood, and successfully holding the line against Omni-Man for the precious few seconds it took his crew to escape. Season 2 shows he regularly puts his life on the line for the safety of others.
• Death Is Cheap: Played for Drama. It's revealed that he's died 39 times thus far and is resuscitated with cybernetic implants every time, which is apparently a hidden benefit to anyone in middle management or higher. Every time Donald finds out about this, he asks Cecil to erase his memories to prevent himself from going mad. It's also not literally cheap since Cecil states that the procedure costs billions of dollars.
• Dying Moment of Awesome: When Nolan busts them for spying on him, Donald grabs a BFG and shouts at his subordinates to run, and that's an order! He then manages to hold off Nolan briefly to buy them time, and hits the self-destruct button despite Omni-Man breaking his spine. Not only did he go out on his own terms, but also ensured that Omni-Man wouldn't go after his crew.
  • Donald is eventually shown an archive of video recordings of his previous deaths such as holding off a monster while civilians around him escape, or running into a burning building to save the people trapped inside. All told, he's had 39 of these...so far.
• Elite Mook: A pretty hard deconstruction of one. Donald is middle management in the GDA, which generally makes him team leader in an agency that cycles through soldiers on a fairly regular basis. Donald is no exception. His body broken, mauled, smashed, even killed just as any of his men. Thing is, Donald is so good at his job the GDA thinks he's valuable enough to revive... on multiple occasions.
• Emergency Transformation: Cecil salvaged his brain to turn him into a Full-Conversion Cyborg.
• Flat-Earth Atheist: Is an atheist despite working with a demon that's explicitly from Hell. Cecil lampshades the absurdity.
• Full-Conversion Cyborg: Besides his brain, he has an entirely new cyborg body. He estimates that he's about 98% machine.
• Heroic Sacrifice: In every definition of the phrase, all of Donald's deaths have involved him doing his best saving as many lives as he can. From being crushed by a Kaiju, being blown to bits or even suicidal bombing Omni-Man, all were done in the line of duty to save someone.
• It Has Been an Honor: After being mortally wounded by Omni-Man (via said Viltrumite digging his fingers into his back and grabbing his spinal cord), he says these as his last words before initiating an instant self-destruct inside of the house to stall Omni-Man. Cecil shares these sentiments and clearly grieves for him.
• Number Two: He acts as Cecil's right-hand man overseeing various operations such as the forensic investigation for the Guardians' murder, surveillance of the Graysons, and the status of a Kaiju that Omni-Man defeated.
• Opaque Lenses: His glasses have these.
• Robotic Reveal: Though he didn't know. Cecil had him rebuilt as a cyborg with most, if not all, his memories intact. Unfortunately for Cecil, that includes Cecil's login information that the original stole at some point. Donald is horrified when he uses it to watch the video of himself being murdered by Omni-Man, later stabbing into his arm and being relieved at the sight of blood before seeing the knife has bent.
• Senseless Sacrifice: Zigzagged. On one hand, blowing up the safehouse he was residing in doesn't really do anything to faze Nolan. But on the other hand, the fact that Omni-Man was already out for blood and had a tight grip on Donald's spinal cord meant that he wouldn't be making it out that fight alive anyhow. At the very least. he went out in his own terms and did stop Nolan from killing the remaining members of his team. Plus, he's casually back after a month after Cecil quietly salvaged his brain to put in a cyborg body.
• Sympathy for the Devil: Almost literally in the case of Damien Darkblood, who he expresses sympathy for his exorcism.
• Tomato in the Mirror: He finds out he's a cyborg in "It's Been A While" and Cecil explains the details the episode later.
• Unexplained Recovery: Despite blowing up, he returns unharmed after a month. Debbie is disturbed seeing him alive and well again, and Donald for his part doesn't seem to remember blowing himself up, with Cecil intentionally keeping that information from him. It's Been a While reveals that he has been apparently rebuilt as an android with a fleshy exterior, as while he bleeds when stabbed by a knife, the knife's tip bends under the force.
• We Can Rebuild Him: A running theme for Donald. He's died 39 times in the line of duty and after being summarily revived only 2% of his original body remains.
• What You Are in the Dark: Omni-Man considers Donald nothing more than Cecil's pathetic lapdog. He spends his last moments fearlessly fending off Omni-Man, knowing his defiance is pointless, before using his last ounce of strength to self-destruct the surveillance house. It turns out he's shown what he is "in the dark" 39 times, each time dying in an act of heroism without the knowledge that he could be revived.

Pete

Pete

Voiced By: Chris Diamantopoulos

"We've got security turned up to a hundred on you two. New cameras, new guns, new doors, new guards. You ain't going nowhere."

A hapless guard at the GDA's prison for supervillains with an oft-strange relationship with the Mauler Twins.

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• Butt-Monkey: He gets repeatedly humiliated and beaten up by supervillains escaping from the Cardboard Prison he helps run.
• Friendly Enemy:
  • He's surprisingly cordial and friendly with the villains under his watch, particularly the Maulers. As long as they're not beating him up or escaping while he's on the clock, at least... which happens with unfortunate frequency.
  • Averted by Season 2, where the Mauler Twins' previous escape has left him understandably wary and bitter towards them.
• Nice Guy: He's a pretty chill and friendly guy, which explains why the Maulers like him… as long you aren't smashing his face into things and escaping on his watch.
• Tempting Fate: At the start of season two, he makes the mistake of bragging about the GDA's upgraded security and how nobody will escape again. Predictably, the Maulers proceed to escape again, albeit, through a means that even they didn't see coming.

Coalition Of Planets

In General

An intergalactic organization that helps test planet defenses for various alien threats.

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• The Ghost: They don't appear onscreen in season one. Allen is a deputy and inspector for them. Season two, however, has them front and center.
• Hero of Another Story: Allen mentions that they've been marginally successful in protecting various planets from Viltrumite invasions. It's implied they have been a consistent thorn in the Empire's side, which is rather impressive when you consider just how powerful an average Viltrumite soldier is.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Allen was worried he'd get fired for coming to Earth instead of Urath. That didn't happen; offscreen, they asked with concern how Allen survived during his multiple visits because Earth was flagged for having a Viltrumite mole. They also gave permission for Allen to return to Earth to warn Mark about this, not knowing that Mark met the mole... his own father, who nearly beat him to death and killed thousands of people. Allen mentions that Mark's heroism will surely merit interest from the Coalition of Planets, and extends an invitation for Earth to join.
• La Résistance: They are an organization dedicated to fighting the Viltrumite Empire and helping planets test their defenses. Allen on behalf of the Coalition invites the planet Earth to join, so they'll have reinforcements for the battle to come.
• Properly Paranoid: The members of the Coalition's council are skeptical that Mark is a so-called "good guy" Viltrumite, with one even openly wondering if he just wants to protect Earth and conquer other planets by himself. Given the track-record of Viltrumites so far, they have good enough reason to be distrustful of Allen's assesment of Mark.
• This Cannot Be!: Like Thaedus, the Council is shocked at Mark being a half-Viltrumite and having fought his Viltrumite father (causing him to abandon his post).
  "Unbelievable."

Thaedus

Thaedus

Voiced By: Peter Cullen

"Did you warn the Earth champion that a Viltrumite lives among his people?"

The wise and noble leader of the Coalition.

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• Authority Sounds Deep: Courtesy of the famously deep-voiced Peter Cullen.
• The Comically Serious: He's much more composed and serious than the casual and laidback Allen, making for some humorous moments when they interact.
• Defector from Decadence: After Allen fully recovers from his injuries, Thaedus reveals himself to be not only a Viltrumite, but the first and only one of his kind to have openly rebelled against the Viltrum Empire until Mark.
• Elderly Immortal: Considering that the Viltrumites can live for thousands of years with minimal aging, Thaedus stands out for looking like an actual old man.
• Hates Their Parent: Discussed. Thaedus buys Allen's story of Mark turning against Nolan because while Viltrumites are known not to fight each other, a son can hate their father so much to the point that they defy them.
• Manly Facial Hair: One of his most distinctive attributes is his big bushy beard, and he's the leader of a heroic rebellion against the Viltrumite Empire. He later rips his beard off, leaving only a mustache, revealing himself as a Viltrumite to Allen.
• The Older Immortal: He's heavily implied to be a survivor of the Viltrumite Great Purge, which makes him even older than Nolan.
• The Leader: The man in charge of the Coalition and Allen's boss.
• Parental Substitute: He has a very fatherly relationship with Allen, who clearly looks up to him and is eager to please.
• This Cannot Be!: A rare heroic one; he's shocked to be told of Mark and Omni-Man's fight as it's the first time Viltrumites have fought each other since the Great Purge. This implies some things about what made him a Defector from Decadence.
  Thaedus: Viltrumite against Viltrumite? That has not happened since the Great Purge...

Allen the Alien

Allen the Alien

Voiced By: Seth Rogen

Initially believed by Mark to be some recurring threat he is sent to fight, Allen is an evaluation officer for the Coalition of Planets whose job is to assess the security of member worlds.

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• Adaptation Distillation: In the comics, Allen was actually an annual threat for fifteen years, coming to Earth every year only to be repeatedly defeated and pushed back by Nolan, who doesn't exchange a single word with him the entire time. Here, this is simply alluded to as an incident of Allen fighting Nolan three years ago.
• Adaptive Ability: Normally, he's capable of taking on a Viltrumite on the younger side, but it turns out this is about his limit when it comes to their race as he's brutally creamed by three adult Viltrumites ganging up on him. However, without life-support, his body quickly rejuvenates and even grows in musculature such that he can now fight back against that same level of strength without much trouble.
• Aliens Love Human Food: Allen eats a burger from Burger Mart and remarks on the great taste of the burger he had eaten. Subverted with pickles inside the burger, as Allen suggests to Invincible that it tastes disgusting to eat.
• All Planets Are Earth-Like: And have similar-sounding names apparently. With the English alphabet. Allen came to Earth because "Urath" asked for an evaluation of their defenses, confusing the two planets. Not helped by the fact that Urath has very similarly shaped continents to Earth, if the tablet was anything to go by.
• Alternative Calendar: Upon learning that Invincible season 2 is set on being released in the year, late 2023, Allen becomes excited that of its release date, but he is unsure of how long it will take because different alien planets keep track of time by using different calendars.
• An Alien Named "Bob": A space superhero tasked with assessing member worlds by The Federation - and goes by the rather mundane name Allen.
• Back for the Finale: Makes a return to Earth in the finale of Season 1, a bit too late with the news that the Earth has a Viltrumite on it and then has to be brought up to speed on what has happened after he left Earth.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: The video teaser trailer for the release date of Invincible season 2, Allen breaks the fourth wall by acting as The Watson in asking Invincible on when more Invincible content will be released for the world to see.
• Came Back Strong: After almost getting beaten to death by three Viltrumites and then having his life-support cut off while in the hospital by Thaedus, Allen not only survives but grows in strength and size from the experience. Previously unable to defeat even a single Viltrumite, now their blows barely faze him while his own draw blood.
• The Cavalry Arrives Late: By the time he comes back to reveal that Earth is off-limits due to there being a Viltrumite, he's pretty much missed out on the whole ordeal regarding Omni-Man.
• Combo Platter Powers: Not only does he have Flying Brick powers but also has Telepathy. Allowing him to be a match against Invincible but also talk with him telepathically while in outerspace.
• Defeat Means Friendship: Averted. Rather than finding out the misunderstanding at the end of their fight, he and Mark talk things out during a "timeout". Which allows them to settle the conflict early and peacefully, due a misunderstanding at Allen's part.
• Didn't Think This Through: It never occurred to him to check with the Earth's populace to see if he was at the right planet.
• Endangered Species: The Viltrumites conquered his people years ago. When they resisted, the Viltrumites nearly wiped out his entire species. Those few who remained had to resort to breeding camps just to sustain their numbers. Allen is the result of an experiment to make one child from such a breeding camp superpowered so that they could fight back against the invaders.
• Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: After getting into a brief fight with Mark, he eventually learns that he's gone to the wrong planet. He was supposed to be inspecting Urath and leaves since he might be fired over this blunder.
• Expy: A Super-Soldier who was granted powers by artificial means, who is also member of an alien species that was pushed to the brink of extinction, and is good friends with The Hero? Yep, Allen is the the show's version of Beta Ray Bill.
• Eye Scream: Part of the very brutal beatdown he receives at hands of three Viltrumites. One of Thula's punches ends up dislocating his eye from his head, though it remains attached. By the time we see poor Allen again, his face is covered in bandages.
• Failed a Spot Check: Mistaking Earth for Urath is one thing, but he also missed that the guy he fought last time he came by, making sure the planet could defend itself from Viltrumites, was a Viltrumite.
• Flawed Prototype: Of the Super-Soldier variety, as noted below. He’s far more powerful than any other member of his race… but Allen was intended to be able to defeat Viltrumites, so he was considered a failure when his base level of strength was considered “only” equal to a young Viltrumite (a species that grows Stronger with Age). However, this flips into Super Prototype when Allen manages to survive a horrific beating by a team of three Viltrumites and his body adapts to overcome what he couldn’t defeat before. The scientists that created him simply didn't fully understand how his powers worked yet.
• Flying Brick: He has a similar powerset to most Viltrumites: Super strength, durability, speed, endurance, reflexes, and agility. Although he has Telepathy added to all that. Unfortunately, at his initial base power level, he's not quite on the same level of Flying Brick as even the weakest of Viltrumites.
• Genocide Backfire: The Viltrumites destroyed his people's planet, which makes him all more determined to stop them. In fact, it's the entire reason he was created.
• Gentle Giant: Beneath his big and burly appearance, he's a sensitive soul who really just wants to do what's right and help people.
• Good All Along: The mysterious alien cyclopean Flying Brick that attacked Nolan for no reason is, in fact, a civil and friendly security inspector for The Federation and a freedom fighter against the Viltrum Empire.
• Go Out with a Smile: He's shown smiling during his beatdown at the hands of three Viltrumites, knowing that he's at least saved the innocents at the diner and his girlfriend Telia from being targeted by them.
• Hero of Another Story: As a member of the Coalition of Planets, his job is to asses how secure certain worlds are. He has his own adventures to worry about which we don't get much of but there are implications. At the end of his introduction he goes back to the Coalition and seemingly begins looking for Urath.
• Heroic Sacrifice: When some Viltrumites find him and interrogate him about his knowledge about what happened on Earth, Allen realize that if he drags it further, they might hurt and kill innocent people near them in space, including his lover Telia, so he eggs them on to focus their rage on him and him alone, beating him mercilessly. Given how Telia is by his side at a hospital, it worked.
• Humanoid Alien: A burly and top heavy cyclops alien with only three digits per hand and two toes for his feet.
• Late to the Realization: Granted it was most definitely because he was gone and away from Earth, but when he returns to Earth with the news of there being a Viltrumite, he's missed out on everything that has happened since he left. And has to be brought back up to speed by Mark.
• Muscles Are Meaningful: After recovering from being beaten to near-death by the Viltrumites, his body is noticeably bulkier than it was before. In fact one of the first things he does after waking up (and accidentally breaking his recovery machine) is admire his new biceps. Correspondingly, he's now much stronger than he was previously.
• Nice Guy: After he and Mark talk things out, the two get along pretty well. When he comes back in the last part of the finale, he is willing to listen to Mark's story and tries his best to be understanding of his plights. Even trying to lighten up the mood by revealing his own baggage. He also defends Mark vigorously to the Coalition's leadership when they question his trustworthiness and is a loving, if dorky, boyfriend to Telia.
• Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: Tragically. By the standards of most people, his power is utterly immense and he's a mighty superhero... but his enhancements aren't enough to match the powers of the Viltrumites, who are on an entirely different level. He lost his first fight with one, and when faced with three, he ends up beaten to near-death. Subverted after returning from near-death with a power boost; Thaedus speculates that Allen now can match and perhaps even beat a Viltrumite, and is proven right when Allen fights Anissa and barely feels any pain from her hits.
• Once is Not Enough: Positive version. The Viltrumites who beat him up 'only' beat him until he's a mangled body, but they did not Make Sure He's Dead. Thanks to that, Allen recovers stronger than ever and can now match them in combat.
• Poor Communication Kills: Zigzagged, as Mark is given no explanation of who Allen is or why he's coming to Earth. Doing so actually allows him to honestly tell the alien he (Mark) doesn't know what's going on, using his "time out" to get an explanation and clear up the confusion. Fully subverted in the finale. Allen never communicating with Omni-Man before and learning he had the wrong planet sooner means he didn't learn that Earth had a Viltrumite on it sooner, which he would've felt obligated to warn Earth's defender about. Mark even lampshades this, pointing out that if Allen had told him about the threat, Mark would've just reported it to his dad, and then Omni-Man probably would've gone on his rampage sooner.
• Reassigned to Antarctica: After it became clear that his powers weren't enough to defeat Viltrumites, he was deemed a failure and shifted away from the frontlines into the position of testing planets' defenses. He's hinted to have some insecurity about this.
• Superheroes in Space: He's basically the Coalition's very own superhero.
• Super-Soldier: He was created as part of a program to create superpowered warriors to fight against the Viltrumites. Unfortunately, his power level turned out to be far below theirs and he was deemed a failure.
• Super-Toughness: While Allen is unable to stand up to even a single Viltrumite, he is one of the few people in the universe who lived to tell about it. Even after three Viltrumites beat Allen so hard his eyeball popped out of his socket and they tore out his entrails, he survives long enough to be put onto a hospital bed (mind you, he was also in space). After recovering from that battle, Allen's durability improves further. He takes an uppercut from Anissa without any real injury, remarking that should have hurt a lot more; mind you that earlier in the episode, the same uppercut shattered Mark's mask lenses and nearly knocked him out cold.
• Telepathy: He has an implant in his skull that allows him "speak" to Invincible while they're fighting in space.
• Virtuous Character Copy: He's a genetically engineered individual with the ability to recover from injuries and becoming stronger from it, his primary enemies are what can be described as imperialistic Kryptonians, and he grows strong enough to easily overcome their legendary toughness. Allen is basically a good version of Doomsday.
• The Watson: In video teaser trailer for Invincible season 2, Allen asks Invincible when the world will see more Invincible content. Invincible replies to Allen that more Invincible episodes will come, but Allen unsatisfied with the answer, demands that Invincible give him a specific date. Invincible answers Allen that the second season for the Invincible TV series will come out in late 2023, which also informs the audience of when the show will continue.
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: He comes off as desperately eager to please Thaedus, who he clearly looks up to as a mentor and father figure. Thaedus actually does acknowledge Allen to be a great person and a vital asset to the Coalition; it's Allen's own insecurity over his weakness in comparison to Viltrumites that drives him.

Telia

General Telia

Voiced By: Tatiana Maslany

"Also why are they breeding with other races? I thought Viltrumites believed in racial purity?"

Allen's girlfriend and a high ranking member of the Coalition.

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• Adaptation Expansion: In the comics, Telia's only role was as Allen's girlfriend who was a bit of diva and somewhat selfish when it came to other people's feelings. The show version has had her relationship with Allen become more loving and closer in resemblance to Mark and Amber such as going on a date. Furthermore, she's a general in the military forces for the Coalition, making her an Adaptational Badass while the comic version spent her time buying expensive clothes and hob-nobing with glamorous upper-class friends.
• Adaptation Personality Change: In the comics, Telia was a rather unpleasant diva who, while genuinely loving towards Allen, was also incredibly bossy and selfish and something of a Child Hater (although she explains it's a common trait among her people). Her animated counterpart, while somewhat of a snarker, is shown to be a lot more pleasant personality-wise.
• Forced to Watch: She's powerless to stop three Viltrumites from ambushing Allen, and she can barely hold back her tears when they end up brutalizing him after he refuses to tell them information about Mark and Nolan.
• Gondor Calls for Aid: She tells Allen that the Coalition needs more allies after repeated Viltrumite attacks, even though the Viltrumites themselves are making it very difficult.
  Allen: Then good thing I found us one.
• Green-Skinned Space Babe: Well, blue-skinned, but all the same, she's an attractive, humanlike alien woman.
• Hypocritical Humor: She calls the live "Kanzlok" that Allen eats at the diner disgusting... while she eats a similarly disturbing live alien that also starts eating the Kanzlok.
• Naughty Tentacles: After she and Allen started to shag, she sprouted tentacles.
• Secret-Keeper: Initially she's Locked Out of the Loop about Allen's investigation into the Viltrumite mole but its only a day before she's able to conjole her boyfriend into telling her.

Civilians

Reginald Vel Johnson High School

Principal Winslow

Principal later Dean Winslow

Voiced By: Reginald VelJohnson

Mark's high school principal, seen expressing concern over Mark's attendance. He is named after Carl Winslow, VelJohnson's best-known role from Family Matters.

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• Casting Gag: He's played by the person the School is named after.
• Ink-Suit Actor: He looks like Reginald VelJohnson, in particular Carl Winslow from Family Matters.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: As Dean of Mark's college, though he only knows the cover story, he gives Mark another chance with academic probation because he knows how difficult grief can be.
• Secret Secret-Keeper: It's implied that Principal/Dean Winslow is aware that Mark is a superhero, (if not Invincible himself) as every interaction and dialogue scene he has with Mark lean heavily towards being a responsible adult... regardless of whether he focuses on school or his "outside duties".

William Clockwell

William Clockwell

Voiced By: Andrew Rannells

Mark's best friend and confidant.

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• Adaptational Personality Change: In the comic, William is gay, but he was in the closet for a long time in real life years - to the point Mark didn't even know until Will entered a relationship, and then opened up to Mark and revealed he was always attracted to him. In the animated show, he's openly gay from the first episode, and doesn't seem to be attracted to Mark. That said, he's still not flamboyant or campy.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Since William is open about his sexuality from the get go in the show, the little short lived attempt of making him and Eve into a couple early in comics is pretty much gone.
• Blackmail: Teasingly does this with Mark upon realizing he is a superhero, asking to be taken flying or he will tell everyone.
• Brutal Honesty: He doesn't mince words when he tells Mark that he's been a terrible boyfriend to Amber. With that said, while he's mad that Mark didn't save Rick in time, he thanks Mark for saving his life from D.A. Sinclair.
• Cannot Keep a Secret: No kidding. He almost exposed Mark to Rick and Amber less than twenty seconds after he told him not to tell anyone that he's Invincible.
• Character Catchphrase: He'll typically cap off his Brutal Honesty with "Sorry, not sorry".
• Deadpan Snarker: Has his moments such as is covered in Brutal Honesty and when he was criticizing Mark's room before a date.
• Determinator: When Rick goes missing and Mark is not willing to help, William takes matters into his own hands. Even when his arm has been sliced open, he still keeps going to fight Sinclair.
• Eating Lunch Alone: During the montage showing what happened after Omni-Man and Invincible's fight, with Mark being healed. He's shown eating alone without his best friend. Clearly worried if Mark is gonna be okay or even alive.
• Extreme Mêlée Revenge: Subjects D.A. Sincliar to a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown after not only turning Rick into a Reanimen but also wanting to turn William himself into one, with Sinclair already having an electric surgical saw cut deep into his arm. He's so pissed off that Sinclair's completely bruised and bloodied by the end of it. Mark breaking his jaw was the non-lethal coup de grace.
• A Friend in Need: When Mark and Debbie were missing, William did what he could to try check in and would organize their mail for them at the front.
• Gay Best Friend: In a deviation from the comics, this version of William is already out at the beginning of the story. As a result, he's Mark's best friend whose homosexuality is made obvious by comments like being attracted to Omni-Man. In the sixth episode, his subplot is about his boyfriend.
• Has a Type: He has a thing for men with Manly Facial Hair, considering that he admits to having a crush on Nolan as well as hanging up a poster of Burt Reynolds in his dorm wall.
• "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: Does this towards Rick, who had been converted into a Reanimen. It eventually works once Rick sees William being hurt.
• The Joy of First Flight: His very brief flight with Mark is full of ecstatic laughter and whooping.
• Nerves of Steel: He holds it together better than some viewers when he's interrogated by Omni-Man about Mark's whereabouts, even when he notices the blood on his gloves.
• Secret-Keeper: Becomes this to Mark in episode 6 after seeing Invincible up close. He and Amber also become this to Eve in the season finale. Unfortunately, he's awful at it, and is only spared having spilled the beans on Mark by accidentally outing him to people who already know. Twice.
• Shipper on Deck: Tries to make Mark and Amber a couple, and gives him props like advanced books so he can impress her.
• Straight Gay: Besides his somewhat Effeminate Voice, William isn't really campy nor does he show any stereotypically gay mannerisms, much like his comic counterpart.

Amber Bennett

Amber Bennett

Voiced By: Zazie Beetz

A classmate of Mark's, who started dating him after he stands up for her against a bully.

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• Adaptational Expansion: In the comics, Amber is a fairly minor character whose primary role is to show how difficult it would be for a superhero to maintain a stable relationship with a civilian. The show greatly expands her narrative presence and her interests and personal life, and gives her and Mark's relationship a lot more focus.
• Adaptational Intelligence: Figures out that Invincible is Mark by herself earlier.
• Adaptational Jerkass: While it's a matter of hot debate how much her actions were justified, during the couple of weeks before Mark's reveal. The conflict regarding Mark not confessing he was Invincible is unique to the show as the comic Amber did not figure the truth out a couple of weeks beforehand and thought the worst with him being a drug dealer, expressing concerns with friends on that as well. But both did ultimately confront him and both also got upset with him during the relationship.
• Adaptational Nice Guy: Her own non-super heroics are this. As is hurrying over to check on and make amends with Mark, following his return after the fight with his dad are show-specific with Amber reconciling with Mark being a superhero here.
• Adaptational Personality Change: Courtesy of how she did not have much of one in the comics, being a Satellite Love Interest. Show Amber is more assertive and confident. The volunteering and experience with other cultures as shown on her date with Mark, is also unique to the show.
• Adaptation Dye-Job: She has blonde hair in the comics. In the show, her hair is black.
• Ascended Extra: Gets far more development in the show version than the comic version, beyond being Mark's girlfriend.
• Ascended Fridge Horror: Amber finds out in the final episode that her boyfriend was being gaslit by his superpowered father, who admits on live TV that he wanted to groom his son into a world conqueror, isolating him from other humans. Offscreen, Amber realized that while Mark was ghosting her and it wasn't cool, he was being manipulated by someone he trusted, his own father. She goes to check on him, and gives him space to either talk about the trauma, or distract him.
• Character Development: While initially being wanting nothing to do with Mark for his lateness/absence, after she sees Mark beaten almost to death, trying to defend humanity from his father, she goes to check up on him as soon as she can. The two make amends, and by Season 2, she's far more understanding and encouraging of Mark's double-life.
• Commonality Connection: Where Amber and Eve start to bond more, is when they both work at a shelter and express a desire to help people.
• Dark and Troubled Past: A mild implication as she expresses that the community center she now volunteers for as a teenager, used to be like a second home where she was younger.
• Deadpan Snarker: She's got an incredibly dry wit.
• Decon-Recon Switch: Of the Understanding Girlfriend. On the one hand, she has limits to her lengths of understanding, owing to the fact that her boyfriend spent months ghosting her and then showing up with one Apology Gift after another and she hits her Rage Breaking Point when she asks Mark for no more secrets when they attempt to start fresh. After he nearly dies fighting Omni-Man, Amber comes to the Grayson household as soon as she finds out Mark and Debbie are back, apologizing to him and taking him out for burgers. It ends up becoming a straight deconstruction once again albeit in a different fashion near the end of season 2. Though she is understanding of the position Mark's powers put him in, the relationship ultimately fails to work long-term because Amber ends up feeling completely useless and a liability at worst thanks to her being a normal human.
• Deconstructed Character Archetype: Amber deconstructs the Secret Secret-Keeper. She secretly figured out Mark's identity as Invincible fairly early on but is more hurt by the fact that he never trusted her enough to reveal it to her himself, which was the real reason why she broke up with him.
• Entertainingly Wrong: She was mad that Mark was hiding that he was Invincible owing to that he lied to her for several months on end. Amber assumed that she was an afterthought since Mark kept blowing off important dates, the way Rexsplode was a Smug Super towards Eve. She realizes that she was way off the mark when Omni-Man on live-camera admits that he was grooming "Invincible" to become his successor and help conquer the planet, outright saying that he was manipulating Mark to sever ties from humanity, and Mark nearly died fending off his father futilely while refusing to help him take over Earth. Amber apologizes to Mark when they reunite, saying she had no idea how complicated his life was.
• Expy: Of Gwen Stacy, although only when it comes to her role as a Love Interest. They're both the first love interest of the protagonist. This is less noticeable in the adaptation due to Amber's Race Lift, as she heavily resembles Gwen in the original comic, not to mention Amber not dying.
• A Friend in Need: While she has broken up on very bad terms with Mark, ultimately she goes and checks in on him, following seeing the fight between him and his father on TV.
• Good Samaritan: Not only volunteers at a community center but when Reanimen attack, she still believes in helping people and not running away. Even if that means being very much in danger from what seems to be a supervillain in the process.
• Heroic Bystander: When the Reanimen attacked before Invincible showed up.
• Hypocrite: Amber has somewhat of a streak of hypocrisy during her troubled relationship with Mark. She is increasingly upset at Mark being a secret keeper, but in the final couple of weeks of their relationship she herself is a Secret Secret-Keeper (having figured out he was at least a superhero).
• Ink-Suit Actor: She's drawn to look like Zazie Beetz.
• Jerkass Realization: She doesn't react well when after breaking up with Mark and telling him he was too cowardly to come clean about his alternate life that she witnesses him fighting for his life on live television. The last thing she said to him was "fly away, flyboy" and Amber, with the rest of the world, is Forced to Watch Mark on the end of a one-sided Curb-Stomp Battle as Omni-Man uses him to murder thousands of civilians around the globe. More so, despite the fact that Mark lost badly, he kept trying to save people, emulating the values that Amber believes. It gave her a wake-up call that keeping a secret identity isn't as simple as lying to your loved ones and that Mark's life was more complicated than she thought. To top it all off, she can't tell anyone when doppelgangers show up at Nolan's funeral, apart from William and the family's house is empty for several weeks. The minute she hears that Mark is back and recovered? She gives him a hug as an apology, saying she was scared that he was dead. By Season 2, they're back together again, and she's a lot more understanding of what Mark has to deal with.
• Kick the Dog: By virtue of hindsight, while it later turns out she was reacting to Mark being too scared to trust her with his secret identity rather than his courage as a superhero - chewing out Mark and calling him a coward when she knows he had just been risking his life defending civilians and his best friend was a rather harsh thing to do. She gets a Jerkass Realization about this offscreen after Mark nearly dies fighting his father.
• Race Lift: Amber is a blonde, white girl in the comics. She is black in the show.
• Secret Secret-Keeper: Deconstructed. She secretly figured out Mark's identity as Invincible fairly early on but is more hurt by the fact that he never trusted her enough to reveal it to her himself, which was the real reason why she broke up with him. It turns into a Decon-Recon Switch by the second season, as they're back together after she realizes just how small her grievances with him keeping her in the dark are compared to what he has to deal with.
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Mark attracts her attention by coming to her aid against a bully's advances. She doesn't even mind that he got beat up, in fact, it's what draws her to him. Conversely, it's his lack of honesty with her regarding his identity as Invincible that ends up leading her to break up with him. And incidentally, it's witnessing him getting beaten to a bloody pulp by his own father just to protect Earth that leads to her apologizing for how harshly she treated him.
  Amber: I've had a lot of guys throw punches for me. Never had any of them take a punch for me.
• Unequal Pairing: As acknowledged by both her and Mark in "I'm Not Going Anywhere", despite Mark attempting to live the life of a normal young man, he is ultimately a superhero regularly dealing with threats to the world on the regular, while she's a normal human who can at best only assist with charity work. After being threatened by Anissa to force Mark into complying with the orders the Viltrumites gave him, Amber breaks down, admitting she feels like she has no agency when she's part of Mark's world, being nothing more than a liability villains can use to hurt Mark. They end up mutually breaking up.

Todd

Todd

Voiced By: Chris Diamantopoulos

A jerk and bully who attends the same high school as Mark, Amber, and Eve.

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• Blackmail: Todd's third appearance is to apologize to Mark: not because he felt bad or anything, but because Amber threatened him with old photos of him that she'd delete if he apologized. To top it with a cherry, it's implied she made him give Mark her number as coup de grace.
• The Bully: He's introduced hassling Amber for a date despite her clear disinterest and twice punches Mark for standing up for his classmate. The second time he tries to hurt Mark is after the gets his powers and No-Sell his hits, freaking him out.
• Bully Brutality: Both times he attacked Mark was in a school hallway, in full view of witnesses, yet no teachers appeared or reprimanded him afterwards and no student apparently reported it. Luckily the second, more brutal beating comes after Mark has his powers and no sells his hits rightfully freaking him out.
• Corrupted Character Copy: He represents the classic depiction of Spider-Man's high-school bully Flash Thompson, except lacking his more redeeming traits and actually attacking Mark twice, something that Flash never did sans the Ultimate Marvel and movie versions.
• Karma Houdini Warranty: He seems to get away with his actions, as no adults ever give him in trouble for what he does. However first he is shown up by Mark not reacting to his punches, then he is ultimately blackmailed. His harassment of others catching up with him.
• Mugging the Monster: He harasses Mark, who is secretly a budding Viltrumite who comes into his powers during the first season. For his troubles he ends up shown up when Mark takes his punches and then blackmailed by Amber.
• Pet the Dog: In Season 2, he... tries to console Mark after hearing about his father's "death", unaware that it was a cover-up by the Global Defense Agency in order to protect the Graysons' after Omni-Man went AWOL.

Friends and Family of Superheroes

Art Rosenbaum

Art Rosenbaum

Voiced By: Mark Hamill

A long-time friend to many superheroes, including Omni-Man, who stitches their super-suits.

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• Commonality Connection: He and Debbie grieving together over the truth about Nolan.
• Cool Old Guy: Extremely old, makes the coolest superhero costumes.
• Drowning My Sorrows: Resorts to drinking quite a bit in the aftermath of Omni-Man's true colors being revealed to the world.
• He Knows Too Much: Nolan confronts him about realizing what really happened to the Guardians of the Globe, and none too subtly leaves an Implied Death Threat in the air that this will happen should Art ever reveal it to anyone else besides Debbie. Art quickly gets the gist.
• Hidden in Plain Sight: His operation is run from the pack of a tailor's shop in some unnamed strip-mall.
• Mythology Gag: When Mark and Nolan first enter his super suit worskshop. He lets Mark try out one of his unsold merchandise. Which was basically Bulletproof's (Zandale Randolph's) costume from the comics.
• Old Friend: Has known the Graysons for some time and he's particularly close with Nolan.
• Riddle for the Ages: He doesn't know why Omni-Man spared him, after showing that he was willing to kill anyone or throw them under the bus. Nor does the viewer, apart from Omni-Man hearing Art promise Debbie that he wouldn't tell anyone. In fact, Art has a lot of Survivor Guilt about this after seeing thousands of people die on television, while Omni-Man treated him to beer, and spends the aftermath drinking away his questions. 
• Spotting the Thread: Literally, given his occupation. With Debbie and him getting suspicious about Nolan's supposed Sole Survivor status with the attack on the Guardians of the Globe, it's Art analyzing that the damage to the Omni-Man suit in the incident had to be inflicted by the other heroes that confirms their fears.
• Super Costume Clothier: He is a seamster known for having designed the costumes of several superheroes, including Invincible himself.
• Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?: He's the guy who makes the cool and sturdy outfits for various heroes. Although they can't all be winners, as some of his "unsold merchandise" show.
• You Will Be Spared: He and Debbie were the only ones who Omni-Man didn't kill, silence, or beat up in an attempt to either cover up his murder of the Guardians. Deconstructed because Art is not happy about this, and Debbie was not thrilled to hear that Nolan called her a "pet" for his amusement while they watched him kill thousands on live-television and nearly murder his own son, no less. Art and Debbie end the season Drowning My Sorrows about this, not knowing if they really understood the person Nolan was and questioning why he spared them.

Olga

Olga

Voiced By: Grey Delisle

"Josef is finally standing still...and I still can't see him!"

Red Rush's wife.

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• The Alcoholic: She is seen drinking after her husband's death, although Omni-Man claims that she was like this a year ago.
• The Bus Came Back: She returns in Season 2 to pay Debbie a visit, consoling her after the truth about Omni-Man is revealed to the public.
• Commonality Connection: What is seen of her friendship with Debbie had shades of this, with them both being married to superheroes.
• Conspiracy Theorist: She believes that the Global Defense Agency is covering up details of her husband's death. She states that she's Russian and knows what governments are like.
• No Place for Me There: She ultimately decides to move back to Russia and her family there, following her husband's death. She does return in Season 2, saying that she misses eating pizza and Russia doesn't have any good ones, though she could be saying this in order to cheer up Debbie who was still reeling from the Awful Truth about Omni-Man.
• Right for the Wrong Reasons: She's right that there's more to the murders of Josef and his teammates than just some supervillain getting a lucky toss and that the GDA is hiding this from the public, but it's implied she thinks the GDA contributed to their deaths or is deliberately trying to hide what's going on, whereas in truth the GDA has no idea what happened and is desperately trying to find out.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: She decides to move back to Russia after Josef's death, believing that there's a conspiracy.

Nikki

Nikki

Voiced By: Nickie Bryar

A young homeless girl who was friends with Martian Man.

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• The Cameo: She's seen at a community center eating lunch in episode 5 of the first season.
• Cheerful Child: Despite her perdicament she's cheerful and energetic likely as a result of her friendship with Martian Man.
• Intergenerational Friendship: Was friends with Martian Man prior to his death.
• Wrong Genre Savvy: She asks to be taken to the Guardians of the Globe Headquarters, which Martian Man refuses because it would be dangerous. He was right to say the least.

Adam Wilkins

Adam Wilkins

Voiced By: Fred Tatasciore

Eve's father, who vocally disapproves of her being a superhero.

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• Abusive Parents: Of the emotionally abusive variety. Adam is a sexist idiot in general, but towards Eve in particular he is shown to be very unsupportive and unappreciative towards her. At one point, he even demands that Eve goes back to Rex, a boyfriend that cheated on her, and he seizes every opportunity to chew her out on her actions. That being said, Adam does loves his daughter, but can't get his head out of his ass long enough to deal with her in a more productive manner.
• Adaptation Expansion: Season 2 dives into the Wilkins family a little more than the comics did in the same timeframe, trying to give Adam a little more depth; in the comics his character was mostly static and appeared very sparsely, the show introduced a financial woe where Adam lost his job, directly tying it to Eve’s arc. While having more appearances in the show does highlight Adam’s terrible traits more, it also tries to show that underneath his bad takes that Adam is trying to teach Eve her actions doesn’t always benefit everyone, and her tremendous powers may be leading her to ignore the value of what normal people can and should do by themselves.
• Adaptational Jerkass: As much of a bizarre caricature of an overzealous father that occasionally said some really misogynistic things that Adam is, he didn't try to make Eve go back to Rex once she broke up with him after he cheated — in fact, Adam in the comics didn't like the fact Eve started dating Rex behind his back in the first place. Meanwhile in the show, he tries to justify Rex cheating on Eve as "all men make mistakes", demands that she forgives him, and stops short of calling her a bitch.
• Bumbling Dad: He is quite sexist and it's clear that his daughter doesn't respect him one bit.
• Control Freak: He's a stubborn asshole who tries to force everything to be done by his own bossy and often unrealistic standards.
• Curse Cut Short: He just barely stops himself short of calling his own daughter a "bitch" because she won't forgive Rex for cheating on her.
• Domestic Abuse: It's not explicit that he's ever been physical, but it's clear Adam has emotionally destroyed his wife to the point of her being utterly obedient to him — which is how he seems to think women should be.
• Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Despite the rough relationship they have, Eve genuinely tries to help them when she learns that he lost is job as a furniture salesman and has to work for minimum wage at a fast food restaurant by creating food and even giving them a 24-karat gold apple to sell. He refuses and chews her out for it even as she tries to sympathize.
• Everyone Has Standards: Zigzagged. In the Atom Eve special, he's offended by how Eve referred to special education students as "freaks". Although he was the one who referred to the school as a "school for weirdos", not knowing that Eve was hiding behind the door and had overheard him.
• Fantasy-Forbidding Father: He greatly objects to Eve being a superhero.
• Fat Bastard: He is chubby and a sexist idiot.
• Fallen-on-Hard-Times Job: In the second episode of season 2, Eve discovers he's been reduced to working a minimum wage job at Burger Mart. When she asks why, Adam reveals that the furniture company he worked at for 20 years went out of business when its corporate office was destroyed in the Battle of Chicago.
• Freudian Excuse: It's all but shout from a rooftop that Adam really wasn't ready for dealing with a child with superpowers. The special ads another layer to his behaviour: His and Betsy's actual biological daughter died at birth, and unbeknownst to them Eve was swapped for their dead baby. It's implied that is part of the reason he is so deadset on his daughter living his version of a "normal" life, losing her once was more than enough.
• Hate Sink: He is sexist, controlling, and overall disrespectful towards his daughter. He claims that she should forgive her ex-boyfriend for cheating on her and then says learning that she has powers was the worst day of his life, the latter of which brings her to tears. It's telling that his comic book counterpart comes off as more sympathetic in comparison.
• Honor Before Reason: In season 2 when its revealed he's had to take a crappy job at a burger place after the furniture company he originally worked for went under after the Battle of Chicago, he stubbornly keeps refusing to accept Eve's help because he insists on being the "man of the house" and the one who provides for his family, despite his minimum wage job is barely paying the bills.
• Horrible Judge of Character: Thinks Rex, of all people, is a good fit for his daughter.
• I'm a Man; I Can't Help It: He claims this is the case, which is why Eve should forgive Rex for cheating on her.
• I Want Grandkids: Adam cites this as one of the things he wants for his daughter to have with a normal life outside of possessing superpowers.
• Jerkass Has a Point:
  • In the second episode of season 2, he constantly criticizes his daughter for using her powers willy-nilly and acting like rules are only for the "normals". While a lot of his complaints were ludicrous, he does point out that her building a park in an abandoned lot resulted in people being injured when the ground gave way due to Eve not knowing how unstable it was. Of course he rubs it in and says it in the most dickish way possible, but the point still stands regardless.
  • Also, at his core, he does care for Eve and just wants her to live a good and safe life, and is frustrated due to believing that Eve doesn't appreciate how much he and Betsy do for her. And sadly, the 'Atom Eve' special kind of shows he's not entirely wrong. As the episode shows Adam and Betsy constantly going above and beyond for Eve throughout her childhood, she regularly disrespects them and honestly doesn't appreciate just how much they really do for her, where even Betsy finally loses it after Eve sneaks out at night and worries her half to death. Driven home further at the episode's end where Eve changes the family picture in her room from her with Adam and Betsy to her real family, whom she didn't even know of until just days ago, and whom half of which tried to kill her.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Downplayed. He truly is concerned about his daughter's safety, but he's too much of a colossal narrow-minded prick about it and he really, really sucks at voicing his concerns in a way that doesn't sound sexist.
• Parents as People: He does care enough about Eve to fear for her safety but he presents his arguments as having no faith in Eve to protect herself and his attempts to tell her about how he fears for her safety are verbalized as clumsy and sexist. Just as Eve is about to leave home, Adam finally talks to her about his fears and she does appear to understand but Eve still chooses to leave because of how stressful her home life is.
• Stay in the Kitchen: He believes that women need to be protected, and was upset to learn that Eve broke up with Rex Splode, even though she is more than capable of protecting herself.

Betsy Wilkins

Betsy Wilkins

Voiced By: Grey Griffin

Eve's mother.

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• Empty Nest: She worries and does not want Eve to be leaving home. Eve later admits after some days that she should probably call her mom.
• Extreme Doormat: She's extremely submissive towards her husband; even though she tries to smooth things out between her daughter and husband whenever they argue it's clear she's completely subservient to his every whim, trying to convince her daughter that everything he says is for her own good.
• Female Misogynist: A passive one, but she doesn't seem to disagree with what her husband says. It's likely if she did disagree, though, years of being married to Adam has greatly diminished her willingness to voice it.
• My Beloved Smother: She has shades of this with her wanting Eve not to be a superhero, worried for her safety.
• Parents as People: She’s definitely got issues with her parenting but she does genuinely care about her Daughter.
• Unnamed Parent: Her first name is not given during a conversation like her husband's is on Season 1.

Connie

Connie

Voiced By: Mae Whitman

"Don't you do enough for the world?"

War Woman's coworker and lover in the hero's civilian identity.

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• Lady in a Power Suit: Appears to be a higher up businesswoman and is dressed in this.
• Named by the Adaptation: In the comics, it's never mentioned what her name is. Here, she is given the first name Connie.
• Satellite Love Interest: We know very little about her and the show itself does not even make it clear that she is a love interest.
• Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Connie has red-hair, green eyes and is War Woman's lover.

Queen Aquaria

Queen Aquaria

Voiced By: Tatiana Maslany

Aquarus' wife and the queen of Atlantis.

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• Foolish Husband, Responsible Wife: She explains to Mark (in a clearly annoyed tone) how she had to rule Atlantis all by herself for a decade while her husband was away "playing dress-up with the humans".
• Fish People: Just like her husband and is the queen of a whole city of them.
• Hypocritical Humor: When Mark mistakenly believes he has to marry her in order to atone for his father's actions, Aquaria states they got rid of the law and that the Atlanteans aren't savages. Instead they make Mark fight in a Trial by Combat with a Kaiju.
• I Owe You My Life: Essentially this when Mark selflessly saves Queen Aquaria from the Kaiju beast she brought in to attack Mark. When Mark reached land after his fight with the Kaiju, Cecil tells him that she and the Atlanteans have forgiven them for the murder of their king because Mark saved them.
• Laser-Guided Karma: She and her council basically tricked Mark and Cecil into a false sense of security and used a chained up Kaiju monster to attack Mark for his father's crime. Cecil, rightfully pissed, sends missiles at the monster, which causes one of the monster's chains to break, leading to the Kaiju to murder some Atlanteans and nearly Queen Aquaria as well. Cecil, while arguing for Mark to leave instead of saving them, made a good point in saying they brought it upon themselves for staging the event like this in the first place.
• Non-Mammal Mammaries: Played for Laughs. Like Aquarus, she's basically a fish head on a humanoid body, complete with breasts that would be completely superfluous to a fish.
• Revenge by Proxy: Since Omni-Man left Earth, there's not much she or the Atlanteans can do to get revenge for him killing her husband, so they trick Omni-Man's son Mark into a battle to the death instead. She drops the issue when the monster gets loose and attacks the Atlanteans instead, yet Mark saves them anyways.

Theo

Theo

Voiced By: Daveed Diggs

The widowed husband of Green Ghost.

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• Anguished Outburst: Lashes out at Debbie after he finds out that her husband was his wife's murderer.
• Bait the Dog: He appears to be someone who wants to help Debbie, saying that he was also shy when he first came to the group. While he likely would have stayed friendly otherwise, when he found out Debbie's husband was Omni-Man he shuns her.
• Foil: He acts as one to Olga. Olga and Debbie were close friends, and even though Omni-Man killed Olga's husband, she understands that Debbie was lied to and does not hold it against her. Theo on the other hand was a stranger to Debbie, and when he found out she was married to Omni-Man completely shunned her.
• Kick the Dog: He coldly tells Debbie, who is clearly in grief for her husband lying to her and living with the fact he was a murderer and crying in front of him, to not come back to the group therapy.
• Misplaced Retribution: He blames Debbie for not knowing Omni-Man was evil, despite Omni-Man lying to her and nearly killing her son.
• No Sympathy: Despite Debbie crying and lamenting that Omni-Man lied to her for 2 decades and nearly killed her son, Theo is still too angry at the death of his wife to care about Debbie.

Polly (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

Polly

Voiced by: Grey Griffin

"Take care of my baby. Promise me you will."

A homeless woman who was the biological mother of Atom Eve.

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• Cruel and Unusual Death: The atomic surges wreaking her body when she goes into labor end up burning her from the inside and she dies wailing in agony.
• Death by Childbirth: Eve's powers proved too much for her body to handle and she died from a particularly painful and strong contraction/atomic surge just as Brandyworth managed to get her to the hospital.
• Deceased Parents Are the Best: From what we see, Polly appears to have been a loving and kind woman who only wanted the best for her unborn daughter.
• Disposable Vagrant: Defied. It's implied her being homeless was the reason Brandyworth and his bosses chose her as a test subject, since presumably no one would raise too much of a stink if she disappeared due to not surviving the procedure. However, Brandyworth came to care for her and in the end helped her flee the facility in an attempt to give her and the unborn Samantha normal lives.
• Fate Worse than Death: The Atom Eve special's climax reveals that after Polly's first death, Erickson was able to bring her back, but only as a braindead husk. She basically remained in stasis so she could be used to breed more children like Eve, until a stray bullet shot during a struggle between Erickson and Brandyworth hits and kills her.
• Give Her a Normal Life: During her pregnancy Polly realized she didn't want her unborn daughter to grow up in a lab and be used as a living weapon. More than anything else she wanted the baby to grow up and live a normal life, even if Polly herself wouldn't live to see it.
• Last Request: Feeling that she wasn't going to survive Eve's birth, Polly asked Brandyworth to watch over her baby in her stead.
• Rose-Haired Sweetie: Polly has dark-pink hair and in her life time was a kindhearted woman who loved her unborn daughter more than life itself.

Brandyworth (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

Elias Brandyworth

Voiced by: Stephen Root

The scientist involved in Eve's creation. He helped her biological mother Polly escape the facility who used her pregnancy for their experiments and temporarily acted as a father figure to Eve when she reached her teens.

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• Adaptational Relationship Overhaul:
  • In the comic Brandyworth's relationship with Polly was clearly romantic in nature, as he'd developed feelings for her during their time spent together at the lab. The special leaves it more ambiguous, instead implying Brandyworth saw Polly more as a daughter due to their age difference.
  • Similarly, in the comic Brandyworth thought of himself as Eve's father, due to his involvement in her creation. In the special him watching out for Eve and trying to keep her out of trouble is framed more as him honoring Polly's Last Request for her daughter to have a normal life.
• Mentor Occupational Hazard: Dies shortly after meeting up with Eve and telling her her true origins.
• Parental Substitute: While Eve never calls him "daddy" like she did in the original comic, it's obvious she comes to see him as more of a father figure than her adoptive dad Adam. At the end of the special, Eve changes her family photo into that of the family members she could have loved and lost that day, notably framing both Polly and Brandyworth in parental roles.
• Sure, Let's Go with That: When Eve asks whether her mother Polly was his lab partner and if she inherited her intelligence from her, Brandyworth decides to roll with it, claiming that Polly was a "valued colleague". Probably because he thought the truth - that Polly was basically a Disposable Vagrant - wasn't something Eve needed to hear.

Other Earth-based civilians

Steve

Steve

Voiced By: Jon Hamm

A regular guy whose perspective is shown in the openings of the first two episodes.

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• Canon Foreigner: He's original to the animated series.
• Defiant to the End: Almost, as he didn't back down even when very close to death from the Maulers after shooting one in the eye.
• The Everyman: Steve's purpose is to show a human-eye view of the superpowered antics in the world.
• Recurring Extra: Has more of an arc than one would suspect, but really doesn't affect the plot other than providing a different perspective in his recurring appearances.
• Retirony: The Mauler Twins attack the White House days before he's taking an extended vacation with his newly repaired family. Fortunately, he's saved from death at the last millisecond.
• Winning Over the Kids: He hopes to do so with Matt, caring about his stepson despite Matt being a Troubled Teen who started out hating his new stepfather. It slowly seems to be working out.
• You're Not My Father: He and his stepson Matt had a tense relationship when his mother remarried Steve; but Steve came around and did his best to help with Matt's problems. So when Matt calls Steve dad while saving his life, Steve's naturally touched to the point of tears.

Rick Sheridan

Rick Sheridan

Voiced By: Jonathan Groff (Season 1), Luke Macfarlane (Season 2)

A College student who had a fling with William. He later gets kidnapped by Sinclair and put through the Reanimen process.

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• Abled in the Adaptation: His narcolepsy from the comics is never brought up at all despite it being one of his bigger character traits in the original. This was possibly done to downplay his similarities to the Marvel Comics character he was named after.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Rick and William are in a public relationship from the first minute in the animated series. In the comic, William didn't come out of the closet until later.
• Beyond the Impossible: He gets his frontal lobe removed, and he still manages to regain his humanity through The Power of Love.
• Body Horror: Just like with most Reanimen, his body doesn't look too pretty after Sinclair got his surgical saw on him.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: Sinclair cuts out part of his brain and installs some type of control device in his head, turning him into an animalistic beast.
• Came Back Wrong: Despite regaining his self-control, Sinclair cutting out part of his brain left him mentally disabled to the point that he is only mentally capable of very sluggishly saying William's name. Granted he could still fight and was still smart enough to know that removing his (and the other Reanimen's) control chip would free him from Sinclair's control. The GDA are thankfully able to get him back to normal by It's Been A While, though he's still clearly traumatized by the experience.
• Driven to Suicide: The man is... not stable after being rebuilt. It takes Donald sharing his own experiences to get him off the literal edge. Granted, Rick theorizes that the fall isn't high enough to actually kill him anymore due to the implants, but it certainly wouldn't be a pleasant experience for him either way.
• Gentle Giant: Is tall and muscled but a very kind man, who stands up to Sinclair insulting others.
• Heroic Willpower: Despite having part of his brain cut out and a mind-control chip plugged into the back of his skull, he manages to regain control of himself upon seeing William being hurt.
• "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: Attempted by William, and he eventually breaks free when he sees Sincliar trying to cut off William's arm.
• Lobotomy: Sinclair removes his frontal lobe to get rid of his emotions, although it doesn't completely work.
• Lovable Jock: Works out and keeps fit, and he's a good guy who also appears to study medicine.
• Manly Gay: Is described as an "Alpha Male" by Sinclair and had sex with William.
• Mr. Fanservice: He is a hunk, and William finds him very attractive. There are also several zoom-ins to his butt.
• Nice Guy: Has an amicable demeanor. He even thinks Sinclair of all people, deserves a friend.
• Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Sinclair removed his frontal lobe to try and remove his emotions. Apparently, the genius didn't pay attention to basic human biology because the hypothalamus, hippocampus, amygdala, and limbic cortex all control emotions, basically everything EXCEPT the frontal cortex. The frontal lobe controls higher brain function and thought processes, but Rick's emotions would be almost completely intact. The only issue would be processing stimuli around him to get him to understand a situation enough in order to trigger an emotional reaction. Seeing his boyfriend hurt was one of the few things that could get through the mental haze.
• Sympathy for the Devil: Expresses sympathy for Sinclair not having any friends.
• Unwilling Roboticisation: Is kidnapped and transformed into a Reanimen by Sinclair.

Vanessa and Fiona

Vanessa and Fiona

Voiced By: Nicole Byer

Titan's wife and daughter.

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• Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: While Vanessa's relationship with Titan at the beginning comes across as somewhat strained, she's understandably frustrated that they're not out of Machine Head's grasp, later on she seems closer and happier with Titan at the end of the episode.
• Cheerful Child: Fiona is excited to see her father when he comes home and to see a superhero.
• Innocently Insensitive: Fiona asking her father if he is a good guy.
• Mama Bear: With the reveal of being fine with her husband as a crime lord, the prior concerns of Vanessa seemed to more be about how her daughter was still being threatened by Machine-Head as he did not let Titan out.
• Morality Pet: Subverted. A motive for some of the worst things that Titan does in episode 5, is that he has a wife and daughter he has to look out for.
• What the Hell, Hero?: While he's far from a hero, when Titan's wife learns that he is still being forced to work for Machinehead, she coldly brushes him off. Interestingly, she seems perfectly content with Titan being the crimelord though. The issue is perhaps more the danger that the family is being put through, which is no longer the case with Titan's promotion.

Matt

Matt

Voiced By: Max Burkholder

Steve's step-son. He is pulled in by a friend to dig up Immortal's corpse because of internet rumors on gaining powers from it before the Maulers show up and take the body.

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• Ambiguous Situation: What happens to him after the appearance of the Mauler Twins at the grave he is digging up. While it is likely the Twins let them go, it's still unknown.
• Blended Family Drama: Starts off the series with a very troubled relationship with his stepfather Steve, to the point of trying to physically assault Steve in the past although he does end up calling him dad.
• Character Development: Goes from being said to not liking his step-dad to calling him dad for the first time and then being worried that grave-robbing will get his step-dad in trouble.
• Commonality Connection: Seemed to find some of one with his step-father. When his step-dad talks philosophically about the British palace and monarchy, Matt expresses some interest in the conversation right before it is interrupted.
• Conspiracy Theorist: Believes something that he reads off of Reddit.
• Desecrating the Dead: While not out of malice, attempting to dig up the Immortal's skull does count as this.
• Emo Teen: Definitely looks the part, plus comes with resentment towards with his step-father fortunately it works out between the two, later on.

Doug Cheston

Doug Cheston

Voiced By: Justin Roiland

A frat-bro douche.

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• Actor Allusion: His voice actor is best known for playing another self-centered alcoholic with a penchant for burping.
• Asshole Victim: He is a massive douche and is the first victim we see become a Reanimen. Although somewhat downplayed, seeing his reaction after he saw a reflection of his face and subsequent suicide can make you feel bad for him. Plus him being an asshole doesn't make his fate any less horrifying.
• Casanova Wannabe: He hits on three girls while very drunk, but they just think he is gross.
• Driven to Suicide: He kills himself in a rather gruesome way after realizing how much he was mutilated and turned into a Reaniman.
• Facial Horror: Pieces of his face are missing when he removes his helmet.
• Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: He takes a belly flop on a sundial's pointy end after fully realizing his condition.
• Nightmare Face: Underneath that helmet shows, how far Sinclair went with the Body Horror. It's enough to make Doug immediately commit suicide.
• Small Name, Big Ego: Introduces himself to three college girls by singing his name; said girls have never heard of him.
• Upper-Class Twit: He is the heir to a pharmaceutical company and doesn't come across as very bright.

Filip Schaff

Voiced By: Tim Robinson

A comic book creator who created Seance Dog.

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• Adaptational Hairstyle Change: In the comics he had a shaved head in face, in the show he has a full head of hair and a beard.
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: He's designed to look like the artist of Invincible, Ryan Ottley.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: He describes shortcuts animation just as the show is using those shortcuts.

Aliens

Martian Emperor

Martian Emperor

Voiced By: Djimon Hounsou

The Martians people's ruler, and has quarantined the planet due to intergalactic parasites.

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• Aliens Speaking English: Though according to him, he's speaking fluent Martian.
• Blatant Lies: Claims to know what Viltrumites are yet doesn't seem fearful at the mere mention of them and just looks over at one of his subordinates.
• From Bad to Worse: He finds the astronauts to be a threat on Mars because of the possibility that they may be possessed by the Sequids. The situation only becomes worse when Invincible forgets one of the astronauts and the forgotten astronaut becomes a host for the Sequids.
• Gilligan Cut: The moment he makes it clear to Invincible that he will kill the astronauts, the next scene cuts to Invincible helping the astronauts escape an army of Martians.
• Hero Antagonist: He has a justified reason as to why he feels the need to kill the astronauts. The Martian Emperor wishes to kill them to prevent the Sequids from taking control of their bodies and potentially use them to conquer the episode. While it is a morally ambiguous act of heroism, Invincible refuses to allow the Martian Emperor to kill the astronauts because they are innocent people. It results in Invincible fleeing Mars with the astronauts while the Martian Emperor sends his army of Martians to kill the astronauts.
• Humanoid Aliens: He and his people physically look human except for their brown skin, red eyes and elongated skulls.
• Innocent Aliens: Downplayed. He and his people only desire to protect their planets from the Sequids, but they are willing to use extreme measures of committing murder to innocent astronauts to do so.
• Mr. Exposition: He provides Invincible the origins of the Sequids and as to why he needs to have the astronauts executed.
• Murder Is the Best Solution: The moment the astronauts arrive on Mars, the Martian Emperor immediately desires to have them executed to prevent the Sequids from using them as a Puppeteer Parasite. Although he could have protected them from the Sequids by helping Invincible take them back to their rocket, the Martian Emperor continues to oppose against Invincible in killing the astronauts even though Invincible is desperately trying to save them from a Martian army.
• Pragmatic Hero: He is willing to have human astronauts be killed in order to make sure that the Sequids don't possess their bodies.
• Puppeteer Parasite: Defied. His main motivation of wanting to kill the astronauts is to make sure the Sequids don't possess their bodies and become a threat to the universe.
• Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: By ordering the astronauts' execution, Invincible is forced to try and save them by escaping with them in a hurry. Unfortunately, Invincible unwittingly leaves one astronaut behind^note a martian rebel shapeshifts into one of them to hitch a ride out of Mars who indeed ends up becoming the host to the Sequids while everyone else is distracted. The Martian Emperor would have probably prevented the Sequids from possessing the forgotten astronaut (and likely catch the impersonator in the process) if he had just agreed to let Invincible and the astronauts return to Earth.
• Shoot the Dog: Although it is evil to kill the astronauts, the Martian Emperor is only doing it to protect Mars and the entire universe from the Sequids.
• Uncertain Doom: It is unknown what happens after the Sequids possessed one the astronauts that Invincible forgot. The possessed astronaut unleashes a wave a Sequids against an army of Martians. It is likely that the soldiers were overwhelmed by the Sequids and the entire Martian race, including the Martian Emperor, is in danger from the Sequids. Given the Sequids have escaped the planet by season 2, it's more likely than not the Emperor was among the casualties.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: He orders the astronauts to be killed so they wouldn't be hosts to the Sequids. He has damn good reason to be afraid of them.
• White-and-Grey Morality: Invincible acts as the "white" by wanting to protect the astronauts from the Martians. The Martian Emperor and his army act as the "grey" for wanting to kill the astronauts, but only to prevent the Sequids from taking control of their bodies.

Thraxans (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

Thraxans

An insectoid alien race inhabiting the planet of Thraxa and the subjects of their monarch, Omni-Man.

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• Alien Blood: Their blood is dark blue, in contrast to their medium blue skin. In the comics, however, their blood was pink.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Like so many different species before them, they're easily wiped out by the Viltrumites and stood absolutely no chance against them.
• Innocent Aliens: While they're willing to lie to Mark to bring him to Nolan, they have no bad intentions in doing so and are simply following the orders of their king. The Thraxans are a friendly and peaceful people by all appearances.
• Insectoid Aliens: They resemble some kind of bizarre alien mantids.
• Mono no Aware: They are fully aware of how short their lifespan is, and it's given them a gentle appreciation of death.
• Non-Mammal Mammaries: They look almost identical save for height and clothing, but the females have breasts to set them apart.
• Short-Lived Organism: They age much faster than humans. The one sent to bring Mark to Thraxa complains that he's spent most of his life on the journey… one that only takes two weeks at maximum from Thraxa to Earth and back.
• Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Some of the friendliest aliens we've seen so far, and they're slaughtered by the thousands during the Viltrumite invasion. Subverted, as the species survives to rebuild with Mark's help.
• Walking Spoiler: Mostly by virtue of who they answer to; Nolan Grayson.

Andressa

Andressa is Nolan's new wife. Her page can be found on Invincible (2021): The Grayson Family.

"Séance Dog" (Nuolzot)

^{True Form}

Voiced By: Rob Delaney

A magical dog from another dimension where magic and dogs are real, as well as the star of Mark's favorite comic book! Actually just a Thraxan sent to bring Mark to Thraxa.

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• A Form You Are Comfortable With: Attempted and failed comically. He tries to take the form of something Mark loves to talk to him, but ends up just freaking him out since he takes the form of a talking cartoon dog.
• Eskimos Aren't Real: As part of his introduction as Séance Dog, he says he is from a dimension where, along with other more understandable comparisons, dogs are real, implying he believes on Earth, they are not.
• Expy: A double one. Séance Dog (the comic character not the alien) serves as a stand-in for Science Dog from the original comic (who couldn't be used due to being considered a separate license from Invincible), while also being clearly modeled on Doctor Strange.
• Nice Guy: While bumbling and willing to lie to complete his mission, he's a sweet guy who's just doing his job and is nothing but friendly with Mark and William.
• Poor Communication Kills: He nearly gets his head beat in by Invincible when Mark quite understandably freaks out at seeing a comic book character appear at his dormitory.

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