How do you know when something might become a
meme in this series? That's the neat thing; you don't.
"IF THIS SITE COVERS ALL SORTS OF MEDIA, WHY IS IT ONLY CALLED '
TV' TROPES? THINK, MARK!"
"Look how many templates they need to mimic a fraction
of our memes!"— Omni-Man
Unmarked Spoilers Follow!
Memes about Omni-Man- Jokes involving Omni-Man and J. Jonah Jameson are very common, since they're both portrayed by J. K. Simmons and resemble each other... or, well, J.K. Simmons.
- He killed the Guardians and the Flaxans because they wouldn't get him his pictures of Spider-Man.
- Alternatively, he killed the Guardians because they asked to be paid in advance.
- The reason he's so angry is because Spider-Man stole his suit.
- While not as common as J. Jonah Jameson, it's not impossible to find jokes about Omni-Man making Cave Johnson's Lemon rant from Portal 2.
- That Omni-Man not only looks like J. K. Simmons, but he also looks like King Bradley or other mustached, square-faced characters.
- "Pathetic."ExplanationOmni-Man looking down and saying "Pathetic." has earned comparisons to Skinner's and Asuka's versions.
- "This is fine."ExplanationIn the fourth episode, Nolan lets a dragon attack Rome and set on fire while he and Debbie are there, prompting comparisons to the "This is fine." meme of a dog sitting in a burning house.
- "X isn't yours to conquer."ExplanationOmni-Man's Pre-Asskicking One-Liner before destroying the Flaxan homeworld.
- Nolanposting/"Think, Mark! Think!"ExplanationPairing a still of Omni-Man bloodied, fingers to his temple, and crouching over his half-dead son while ranting about how they'll outlive humanity due to being Viltrumites with a caption of a copypasta or another rant, ending with "Think, Mark! Think!" (which was the line in the original comics, although he just says "Think, Mark!" in the show.) It’s also become something of a Stock Pose, with other characters being drawn in place of Mark and Nolan.
- "Don't think, act!" Explanation (SPOILERS)During the battle against the three Viltrumites on Thraxa, Nolan chastises Mark for thinking too much instead of simply fighting. Many fans noticed how it goes against the opposite meme, and is usually followed by an annoyed Mark claiming that he's getting mixed messages.
- Various image edits of Omni-Man crushing Red Rush's head with his hands have also started to appear, replacing Red Rush with characters from other franchises (often considered scrappies) such as the Ice Age Baby. This has reached to the point that there's actually a twitter bot account
dedicated to this meme called: Omni-Man Kills Your Fav. - "Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power!"ExplanationOmni-Man tells this to Mark upon seeing several fighter jets approaching them, in reference to how Viltrumites can fly on their own, among many other things that make them superior to humans. Often used when somebody tries really hard to do something only to achieve a portion of the result/success of somebody else that didn't even put that much effort. Though it should be noted that it's depicted slightly differently in memes. Omni-Man says this while watching the planes approaching and turning to Mark, whereas memes have him witness the planes approaching, then saying this to Mark as he turns to face him.
- "That's the neat thing; you don't."ExplanationIn the second episode "Here Goes Nothing", Mark asks Nolan on how to breathe in space, in which Nolan replies the statement above. Sometimes misphrased as "That's the neat part; you don't."
- This image of Omni-Man (Mild NSFW Warning) with a gigantic dumptruck ass based off a similar meme of Broly from Dragon Ball Z, became incredibly popular as a shitpost due to its incredibly cursed nature.
- It reached new heights when for some reason it became associated with Snail's House's "Hot Milk" song (which was already memetic in of itself) thanks to this video.
- Omni-man's decent fatherly advice.ExplanationA three panel meme with Mark and Nolan, with Mark asking if he has any decently fatherly advice for him and Nolan answering with often an interesting or wholesome fact or advice.
- This fan edit of Omni-Man looking at a smartphone with a dejected expression is used in reaction image format as response to someone posting something very horrid or displeasing.
- HOLY SHIT GUMBALL ITS ITS OMNI-MAN RUN Explanation One of the characters in The Amazing World of Gumball is Frank Kreese whom is not only one of the normal humans in the series but was even based off of J.Jonah Jameson. Naturally this has lead to the obvious jokes concerning Omni-Man it even ended up crossing over with the above Thicc Omni-Man meme.
- His mom could take him.ExplanationGumball's mother Nicole is a Memetic Badass for being the scary mom, especially after the show's infamous Studio TRIGGER episode where she fought another mom in Kill la Kill-esque animation. Therefore, it's believed that Nicole and Omni-Man could put up a decent fight.
- Omni-Man blocks Invincible's punch. ExplanationIn the season 1 finale, Invincible engages his fight against Omni-Man by attempting to deliver a punch in his face but is blocked by him. The scene is frequently used as a way to shut down an argument by delivering a counterargument.
- Omni-Man's Dynamic Entry through Donald's house.
- Omni-Man looking at the blood on his hands.ExplanationOmni-Man's My God, What Have I Done? realization after nearly killing Mark has often been used as a reaction gif for a similar realization.
- "You should have died at birth"/LowTierNolan ExplanationA highly memorable Kick the Dog line said by the alternate universe Omni-Man from the season two premiere, directed at his universe's Robot. Used as a joking insult and compared to the infamous streamer LowTierGod and his penchant for telling people who annoy him to kill themselves.
- "READ MY BOOKS, MARK" Explanation (SPOILERS)Nolan's last words to Mark before being taken away by the Empire is to implore him to read Nolan's books that he wrote in his civilian identity. It Makes Sense in Context (Nolan hid methods to defeat Viltrumites in his work) but fans like to twist it into Nolan being really desperate to get people to buy and read his writing.
- Omni-Man looking at a black hole. Explanation (SPOILERS)In the episode "It's Been a While" there's a scene where a depressed Nolan, now sporting a Beard of Sorrow, looks at a black hole as if contemplating suicide, which was quickly used to for memes about sadness or depression. Another variant is to juxtapose it with a picture of a happy Nolan (usually playing with a child Mark) to express extreme nostalgia for better times.
- Bug SexExplanationWith the reveal that Omni-man had a child with an Insextoid Alien, many memes and edits were made making Omni-Man having a fetish for bugs and trying to get Mark to have the same.
- Viltrumite Kinks. Explanation The Viltrumites who have arrived on Thraxa to battle Omni-Man are edited to share kinks like Omni-Man, and their turn-ons are shown to be just as unusual as the latter.
- Omni-Man banged insect Kim Wexler ExplanationAndressa being voiced by Rhea Seehorn, who played Kim on Better Call Saul, did not go unnoticed by fans of the show.
- "I miss my wife, Allen. I miss her a lot." ExplanationNolan's revelation in prison that he misses Debbie was immediately compared to this famous line from Real-Time Fandub's Gag Dub of Sonic Adventure 2.
Memes about the Guardians of the Globe
- Contingency plans.ExplanationBatman infamously has contingency plans on how to defeat various superheroes in case they went rogue, even if they're his friends. Evidently, the Guardians had nothing of the sort when that happened with Omni-Man, which turns out to be their undoing.
- Discount Batman.ExplanationDarkwing is a complete expy of Batman, except for coming up with any contingency plans. He also tries one of Batman's signature moves, jumping onto the enemy from above, except Omni-Man grabs him and kills him by ragdolling him, prompting jokes about Darkwing being a Memetic Loser versus Batman being a Memetic Badass. Though Batman detractors reply that Darkwing is what Batman would be without Plot Armor.
- Discount Justice League/Justice League Wannabes.ExplanationA more general version of the above "Discount Batman" meme, since the Guardians are obvious expys of the Justice League that exist solely to be killed and probably wouldn't fare well against traditionally-written superheroes due to lack of plot armor.
- "Can you turn on friendly fire?" "Yeah, sure, why?"ExplanationJokes that Omni-Man did "friendly fire" on the Guardians.
- Wondering what happened to those guys Darkwing tied to the water tower.ExplanationJust before the Guardians are all recalled to their base in the first episode, Darkwing is shown arresting two petty crooks and tying them to a water tower for interrogation. When he gets the call to return, he leaves them there and says he'll be back in a day or two to deal with them. Given that Darkwing dies right after this happens and those two thugs never get mentioned again (the original comic includes a line indicating the police picked them up shortly after but the show does not), many like to jokingly wonder what happened to them, such as suggesting that someone will eventually go onto the rooftop and find their decaying skeletons.
"Finally, some action!" ExplanationThis is what Aquarus says right as he gets the call to return, showing that he was evidently bored out of his mind. This is often edited to have videos of fish edited in, or Omni-Man immediately killing him.Other memes
- Just like with how Omni-Man looks like J. K. Simmons, it's not uncommon for people to make jokes about how Cecil's right hand man, Donald Ferguson, looks like an aged-up Bobby Hill with opaque glasses.
- Needless to say, jokes about how Steven Yeun can't catch a break with his characters being horribly beaten to (or at least in this case, near) death when playing Kirkman-related characters: namely Glenn from the The Walking Dead are very common.
- After Omni-Man's comment about seeing Debbie as a pet, it's fairly common to draw her dressed up as a cat or imply that she's into petplay.
- Invincible title cards be like: ExplanationOnce per episode the show cuts to the Title Screen the first time Mark's superhero name is said by a character. This has led to the creation of memes where characters from other works of fiction are cut off by the Invincible title card whenever they are about to say the word "invincible", or other words, often beginning with "in" but that's not a prerequisite. Hilariously, the season two premiere would lampshade and parody this one by having a Running Gag of fake-outs where it seems like they're about to cut to the title, but don't.
- VincibleExplanationThe fandom jokes that for all of Mark's strength, he sure gets the shit beat out of him a lot, which makes his hero title of "Invincible" quite ironic (though "invincible" doesn't mean "unable to be harmed" so much as it means "not being defeated or overcome"). The show itself got into this with Allen the Alien remarking that Mark is indeed quite "vincible."
- "The system wasn't designed for neurons this dense." ExplanationOne of the Mauler Twins says this as their machine struggles to transfer the consciousness of Robot into a new body. Became a reaction to when someone says or does something that seems profoundly clever.
- "It's pronounced HOW?" ExplanationAngstrom's first appearance in season two establishes his last name to be pronounced "Lee-Vee", which shocked the older members of the fandom who came from the comics, as it had been pretty universally assumed that it was pronounced as "Leh-Vee". The same thing ended up happening with Thaedus and Kregg, whose names turned out to be pronounced very differently from how a lot of people assumed ("Thay-Dus" instead of "Thaya-Dus" or "Thad-deus", "Krieg" instead of "Craig").
- "Viltrumite Steve Harvey". ExplanationLucan's appearance as a bald, black Viltrumite with a distinctive mustache has caused people to joke about him looking like Steve Harvey if he were a Viltrumite.
- "Ant-Man VS. Thanos theory debunked". Explanation (SPOILERS)In Avengers: Infinity War, a popular Memetic Mutation was people theorizing that Ant-Man would have the ability to kill Thanos in Endgame by shrinking to go inside the latter, and then expanding to explode Thanos' body. Compared to Shrinking Rae's situation, she attempts to prove the theory by expanding herself inside of Komodo Dragon's body, but his Super-Toughness ends up crushing her from the inside.
- Anissa is the Booty Warrior Explanation (SPOILERS)Fans have been having Anissa quote the Booty Warrior due to her ultimatum to Mark resembling the "easy way or hard way" quote, in addition to raping Mark in the comics.
- "It looks like Spider-Man, but due to international copyright laws, it's not!"ExplanationSeason 2, Episode 9 has Mark encountering a Lawyer-Friendly Cameo of Spider-Man (voiced by Josh Keaton) in the place where he actually met Spider-Man in the comic. And remember who voices Omni-Man?
- Luckily, I always keep a spare in the trunk. ExplanationKate's survival is compared to Echo Echo's by keeping a spare just in case.
- "You're not him." ExplanationSaid by Cecil as assurance that Mark isn't like his mass-murderer father; but due to certain internet circles where "you are not him" is a memey insult telling somebody they're not badass, this is quickly becoming a popular response image.
- Angstrom Levy is Yakub.ExplanationThe supervillain's appearance has led to comparisons with the highly memetic character of Nation of Islam conspiracy lore.
- "A Viltrumite/Thaedus?" - "Thaedus the Viltrumite?" ExplanationThaedus revealing to Allan that he, too, is a Viltrumite by ripping off his beard so that only the moustache remains brought on comparisons to a Running Gag in Phineas and Ferb in which side-character Perry frequently employs Clark Kenting by taking off his fedora, which leads to a surprised exclamation of "Perry the Platypus?" by his nemesis whenever he puts the fedora back on.
- "Salsa Viltrumita" ExplanationOn April 2024, You Tube user theLEMONCTM posted a short video featuring a piece of an AI-generated salsa about Omi-man's battle with Invincible. The short clip quickly went viral because it was just that catchy, with rythms and beats that actually fit with salsa classics (Besides, it is not that rare that upbeat salsa songs discuss tragic events - see Pedro Navaja and Juanito Alimaña) with fans asking for Amazon to feature it on Season 3 and a full version. A 1:30 min version would be uploaded two days later, with the promise to get the full version soon.
