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Stuff that occurs to the viewer after one or more watchings of Dreamworks Animation's 2010 Megamind.

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  • The Brain-bot with the biting problem is covered in red splotches, probably blood. But if that wasn't bad enough, consider the fact that Megamind probably has blue blood given his coloration and Minion's body is robotic. So who does that blood belong to...?
    • Actually, since Megamind is shown to have pinkish/purplish ears and cheeks - as well as a red/pink mouth - it might still be his blood. However, we never see Megamind bleed so there is no confirmation and Fridge Horror might still apply.
      • It's lipstick. Concept art has there be one female brainbot. It has lipstick.
    • The splotches look more pink than red. This Troper assumed that Megamind had marked that particular Brain-Bot so he could tell it apart from the others.
  • At the beginning Megamind is serving 88 life sentences. Looks like folks actually died during some of the conflicts...
    • Although in a less horrific interpretation, in certain American jurisdictions kidnapping can receive up to a life sentence depending on the severity of the crime and whether federal authorities get involved; we certainly know that he's kidnapped Roxanne a lot (maybe eighty-eight times?). It's also probable that Megamind has long-since fallen foul of any three-strikes laws in operation in Metro City (essentially; someone who commits three serious offenses receives an automatic life-sentence on the third offence). Kidnapping and bank robbery amongst others would probably count here.
    • Don't forget the attempted murder charges: The only way to defeat Metro Man was to kill him, so Megamind's been trying to kill him. Also, typically a repeat offender - especially one that is unrepentant - will get a stronger punishment. (Ironically, this line of logic leads the conclusion that Megamind can't have killed anyone: The worst they can do to him is keep piling on life sentences, so he's never done anything that could justify an execution. Actually killing someone would count, so those 88 life sentences actually reinforce how harmless he is as a villain.)
      • But Megamind did (as far as everyone knew) commit first-degree murder in the movie itself. Though he received no immediate punishment for it due to his overthrow of the city, he did turn himself in of his own free will later. Did he go back with full realization that he now faced the death penalty? It was Minion, not the Warden, who mentioned his sentencing later (to which Megamind seemed a little confused), so it's quite possible he was now on death row.
    • And there is another crime he keep committing: breaking out of prison. Given how many times he seems to have been captured...
    • The orbital shots (and Word of God, partially) indicate Metro City is in Michigan; we haven't had the death penalty for over a century and a half, thank you.
      • You haven't had a Super Villain, either.
      • Yet...
  • Does nobody else wonder what happened to the original Bernard that Megamind dehydrated in order to use his identity? He isn't seen again for the rest of the movie.
    • He shows up during the credits. Megamind forgets to empty his pockets and Bernard is re-hydrated in the washing machine, then Minion whacks him with the Forget-Me-Stick.
      • Let's hope the same thing happened to Carlos the doorman...
  • Remember when Megamind says, "Imagine the most horrible, terrifying, evil thing you can possibly think of... and multiply it... by six!" The most horrible, terrifying, evil thing I can think of is child abuse. So Megamind is bringing child abuse times 6? Aw...crap.
    • I wouldn't go that far. Megamind's idea of 'evil', even before his Heel–Face Turn, is clearly more along the lines of the melodramatic Card-Carrying Villain who twirls his evil mustache and laughs his Evil Laugh as he uses his evil rope to tie the Damsel in Distress to the evil train-tracks, all of which conveniently takes long enough for the good guy to swoop in and save the day — the sort of villain who makes a lot of noise about being a villain but once you look beyond the surface is actually more-or-less harmless. He's clearly bluffing because he's got no idea what he's doing and has never imagined a day where he'd ever have to think this far ahead.
    • I always saw it as Nothing Is Scarier. He hadn't thought of a method of villainous torment for the city folk because, well, he never really thought he'd have to. So he tells them to think of something horrible because nothing he could say would match the power of human imagination. It made sense, since the citizens didn't appear too fazed by Megamind's presence later in the film, such as when he's wearing his new mecha suit and they're all just standing around awkwardly. They only became truly frightened when a real villain showed up.
    • Honestly, if child abuse is the worst thing you can imagine, then you have no imagination. Just reading a bit of history can show far worse things. Yes, child abuse is bad, but there are worse things.
    • I interpreted that as Megamind not actually knowing what evil was. He pretty much found his role in society by accepting what others stuck on him. He seems to have defined "Evil" as "one who fights Good," rather than placing any actual morality into the equation. So, he's a supervillain really only in the sense that he fights Metro Man, the city's superhero, whom everyone had decided was "Good." Since he based his identity off his rivalry with Metro Man, winning caused him to lose what had been a massive part of himself. This also explains why Hal's Face–Heel Turn surprised and confused him - Hal is genuinely evil, whereas Megamind, despite his supervillainy, doesn't seem to even understand the term.
    • Megamind was raised from infancy, inside a prison. Prison inmates, as a subculture, loathe other inmates who've committed crimes against children. It's unlikely that the ones who raised him would've ever even let him hear the words "child abuse", let alone meet someone convicted for such an act, so he may not even realize that such a crime exists.
  • Consider Hal for a moment. Prior to receiving powers he was described as ordinary with no criminal record, and then he becomes completely corrupted when he gets his powers. Showing that anyone unassuming and crime free could/would be corrupted by getting those powers. This includes someone like the viewer.
    • "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
    • The irony is that Hal could have been a hero if he chose to be. Hal started out as your average loser with a crush on his co-worker, like any other guy. But then you see that he's self-entitled, he's lazy and when he comes to look for Roxy, it's not with the expectation of facing any danger. He's got a LOT of character flaws. Then he gets that power, and suddenly all those flaws go up to eleven. Roxanne had no idea that Hal would go totally off the rails, but she was smart enough to know that some people just can't handle awesome power.
      • Roxanne knew Hal would go off the rails. She said outright to Megamind that Hal was the worst possible person you could pick for superpowers.
  • Better hope no one was in that building that Titan threw at Megamind. Or the buildings that got hit by that building...
    • There was a scene very shortly before that establishing that there's been a mass exodus of people from the city in conjunction with controlled evacuation efforts. Given that Downtown is the only specifically mentioned no-go area and there's already been 'hundreds of thousands' of people leave the city, it's reasonable to assume that they've prioritized that area and it's virtually empty now.
    • Plus, it's almost certainly an office building. There's not much chance that the tenant companies would be open for normal business hours when there's a villainous super rampaging around the city.
    • Not just "around the city." That's the building he ties Roxanne to. He's not just in the area, he's literally on the roof. Of course nobody's going to be in there.
    • Considering Megamind has been "terrorizing" the city for a while, the city likely has drills in case he attacks. Considering how psychotic Hal is, the city preparing for a Megamind attack likely saved countless lives.
  • The Brain Bots. They are really cute and fun and... hang on... Where did all the brains come from again??!
    • Given their dog-like behavior, it can be surmised that they're most likely canine brains. Which is still a bit squicky, when you think about it.
    • The reason they're called Brain-Bots is because Brains (as opposed to Brawn) is Megamind's motif. Their "brains" are actually those plasma ball contraptions that form the majority of their bodies. Why they're so large? To make them look more like Megamind, of course.
      • Megamind refers to them as "menacing little cyborgs" in their introductory scene. Though that doesn't specify what organic parts they have, you can infer a lot with that information.
    • The short Megamind: The Button of Doom establishes that Megamind was able to replicate his own personality and (presumably) intelligence into a bot, so it’s plausible he can replicate a dog’s mind without harming the dog.
  • What did Megamind do with Metro Man's powers after he took them back from Titan?
    • Probably locked them up somewhere very secure so no one could ever get them again. After all, Megamind didn't need a heroic foil after his Heel–Face Turn, and he definitely didn't want to risk another civilian getting those powers and going on another rampage.
  • More like Fridge Sadness, but Megamind has no idea what a window is. Considering he's either in jail or an underground lair...
  • If Megamind didn't see Roxanne or Bernard in the museum, they most likely would have died in the explosion.
  • As shown during Metro Man's mid-life crisis and subsequent decision to fake his death, his Super-Speed is strong enough that he could essentially stop time whenever he wanted. Imagine if Titan ever got enough experience with his powers to realize he could do the same thing: he could kill Megamind, Roxanne, Minion and anyone else who dared get in his way in the blink of an eye, with them being none-the-wiser.
    • Hal isn't depicted as being that smart, so he would never have thought of pulling that stunt. The only stunts he pulls are Super-Strength and Eye Beams, since they are the only powers that are simple for him to use (except when he uses his X-ray vision to spy on Roxanne in her apartment).
    • Metro Man's Super-Speed doesn't seem to be public knowledge, as Megamind doesn't so much as lock the door of the observatory after Metro Man enters it to prevent him from jus waltzing over in an instant (which he does when reflecting).
  • We never knew what/who caused the huge blackhole that separates Megamind and Metro Man's parents and their home planets at the beginning of the film.
    • Possibly just a collapsed star. All that is known is that it's a black hole, which are well known to occur on their own. Granted, the utter lack of malicious intent behind it might make it more unsettling because it just happened by itself with no one pulling any strings; it's just a gruesome side effect of big-enough star systems that can't be avoided.
  • Hal does have a moment of strategic thought when he realizes Metro Man is actually Megamind in disguise. Hal, despite being a dunderhead, isn't incapable of learning and planning. Which...is actually really bad, since if he had powers long enough, he might've gone from being a dumb psycho to an intelligent psycho.
  • Before he became "Titan", Hal fibbed to Roxanne about his lousy apartment to get her alone with him. What the heck would he have pulled on her if she accepted his offer?
  • In a sad way, Megamind is confounded by the concept of affection. He is shocked to get a hug from Roxanne, and he thinks the crowd applauding him is trying to attack him. How lonely and miserable was he that genuine affection is something new?
  • When Titan/Hal offers to rule the city together with Megamind, look at the costumes he designed for them. Megamind's outfit has a leash on it, which Hal is currently holding. It's highly likely that Hal was intending to backstab Megamind and use him as a glorified attack dog or slave if his alliance actually came to pass.

    Meta 
  • In the italian dub, Space Dad is called "Il padrino spaziale" (Space Godfather), dubbed with an heavy sicilian accent like Don Corleone's italian dub. One's godfather is sometimes a mentor, but using both the sicilian accent and godfather gives the Marlon Brando vibes. Marlon Brando played Jor-El, Superman's Space Dad in the movies.

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