History ComicBook / ExMachina

* {{Technopath}}: Mitchell can not only hear machines "talking", he can command them to do things. And not just computers, either -- anything with moving mechanical parts counts as a machine to him, to the point that only very basic tech like longbows work on him. However, certain types of machines are less receptive to his commands.

Has nothing to do with either the [[Film/ExMachina 2015 film]], or with the 2005 [[VideoGame/HardTruckApocalypse post-apocalyptic truck driving game]].

* NeverSuicide: No one ever finds out that [[spoiler:Hundred used his powers to murder Kremlin in the last issue]]. They were alone when it happened, his body wasn't found until several days later, and they didn't even bother with an investigation, assuming they just killed himself.

* AmbiguousSituation: Did Hundred [[spoiler:rig the election with the White Box]], or is that just a load of nonsense made up by his political rivals and enemies? Hundred and his allies deny it at every turn, even amongst themselves, but the evidence starts stacking up against him... and as the last arc shows, [[spoiler:Hundred is not above lying to even his closest friends in order to appease them]].
** On a related note, [[spoiler:did Bradbury strike Susanna with the White Box simply because of his violent nature (later resulting in him hitting his ex-wife), or did the Box manipulate him to do it so that it could pass its power on to a human avatar?]]

* AuthorAvatar: Both Vaughan and Harris appear as themselves in "Ruthless." Doubles as LeaningOnTheFourthWall.

* ChummyCommies: Kremlin is a CoolOldGuy who first suggests that Mitchell could use his powers for heroism. His reasoning is heavily based on the communist ideal of "from each according to their abilities to each according to their needs." He spends most of the run trying to manipulate Hundred into giving up his role as mayor and return to his role as the Great Machine. [[spoiler:This eventually leads to his death]].

** Hundred complains about feeling "alone." Behind him is a masked intruder about to swing a baseball bat at his head.

** Bradbury riffs on Meatloaf's "I Would Do Anything for Love," saying he'd do anything for Mitchell, but not that. He later reveals that [[spoiler:he's in love with Mitchell]].

--> '''Dave''': Sorry sir but if your looking for a magical negro to be all "lordy lord I can help the master speak to the spirits..." you're wasting the wrong terrible mind.

** Mitchell describes his last name, "Hundred" as an "integer." It's displayed as "100" when spoken by members of the other dimension. The number, composed only of binary digits, fits with Mitchell's technological theme.

* MundaneUtility: Mitchell often uses his abilities to do things he could do almost as easily by hitting buttons. He describes using his powers to change TV channels ''while holding the remote'' as a "new low in sloth."

* RiddleForTheAges: What is the bottomless pit in Iraq, and how is it connected to Mitchell? At first it seems to be part of Easy Benson's crazy ramblings but much later Agent Warren is investigating it for real. Mitchell hangs up on her before she can share any information, and we never hear of it again.

** Bradbury quotes Music/{{Meatloaf}}'s "I Would Do Anything for Love"
** The Hundred from the other dimension quotes "I Am the Walrus."
* ShownTheirWork: The work is filled with details of New York City culture and other topics. Vaughan and Harris' Author Avatars even lampshade it when Harris tells Vaughan not to spout any more useless "factoids."

** Zahala's Roma cousin says in untranslated Romani, "I'll shit on you!" and then "It is God who brought you."

** When the police commissioner calls in the National Guard to keep order in a peace rally, Mitchell references "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings Kent State]]."

** Mitchell complains that his staff leaked information to "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WINS_(AM) 1010 Wins]]," a New York City news radio station.

* SuperheroTrophyShelf: Mitchell has a collection of bizarre artifacts from the various villains he's encountered.

* {{Technopath}}: Mitchell can not only hear machines "talking," he can command them to do things. And not just computers, either -- anything with moving mechanical parts counts as a machine to him, to the point that only very basic tech like longbows work on him. However, certain types of machines are less receptive to his commands.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"I'm a politician. I lie." Hundred reveals that he's been playing even his closest friends for fools]].

* WritersSuck: Harris and January talk about how all comic writers do is "put words in the bubbles," but get credited first because "it's political."

* ActionGirl: Monica in her "Trouble" persona performs a number of dangerous stunts and beats up a naked woman.
* AnotherDimension: [[spoiler:The source of Mitchell's powers is a legion of interdimensional invaders who colonise worlds.]]

** The second tower didn't go down.

* LampshadeHanging: "Ruthless".
* LastOfHisKind: Implied, but not confirmed.

* MarriedToTheJob: Interpreted in-universe as a TransparentCloset for Hundred.

* MistakenForGay: Hundred never openly pursues anyone of either gender, and not for lack of opportunities. He does go on a date with Suzanne, but gets accused of doing so only to further his political clout, and then does not call her back for months. His lack of romance is so noticeable that people frequently wonder whether he's gay, to which he never responds. It's ultimately a part of his characterization as being more like a machine than a man.

* NoSell: Suzanne thinks she has the advantage over Hundred as she's grabbed one of the "jammers" he helped develop that could block his powers. During their fight, she uses it against him [[spoiler: and it doesn't work. Mitchell then reveals the "jammers" are just old garage door openers he painted over.]]
* OldMaster: Kremlin

* RiddleForTheAges:
** Mitchell's sexuality. It's never revealed whether he is gay, straight, asexual, or attracted to machines. Vaughn says in an interview that he toyed with revealing it, but ultimately decided not to. There is much in-universe speculation by other characters.
** What is the bottomless pit in Iraq, and how is it connected to Mitchell? At first it seems to be part of Easy Benson's crazy ramblings but much later Agent Warren is investigating it for real. Mitchell hangs up on her before she can share any information, and we never hear of it again.
* RoguesGallery: Mitchell notably lacks a true one, as the only true supervillain he faced was Pherson. Any other unusual criminals he faced tended to just be psychologically unbalanced one-time enemies. He does, however, have a collection of bizarre artifacts from the various villains he's encountered.

* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: People comment on the names of Journal and January.

*** Mitchell quotes ''Film/{{Superman}}'' at Journal's hospital bedside.

** Hundred states that sometimes he can't see things right in front of him. Behind him is an unnoticed graffito of the villains' mysterious green glyph.

* TechnologyLevels: Played with. Mitchell takes an arrow from a would-be assassin, after trying unsuccessfully to "jam" it. His powers apparently have limits.
* {{Technopath}}: Mitchell can not only hear machines "talking," he can command them to do things. However, certain types of machines are less receptive to his commands.

* ChummyCommies: Kremlin is a CoolOldGuy who first suggests that Mitchell could use his powers for heroism. His reasoning is heavily based on the communist ideal of "from each according to their abilities to each according to their needs." He spends most of the run trying to manipulate Hundred into giving up his role as mayor and return to his role as the Great Machine. [[spoiler:This eventually leads to his death]]]].

* ChummyCommies: Kremlin is a CoolOldGuy who first suggests that Mitchell could use his powers for heroism. His reasoning is heavily based on the communist ideal of "from each according to their abilities to each according to their needs". [[spoiler:He also [[HeKnowsTooMuch tries to expose Mitchell's shadier activities, which leads to his death]]]].

* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Hundred may or may not have rigged the election in his favor. Either way, it could hurt his election chances if the news got out -- which is why he's perfectly willing to murder his own father figure to keep it buried. And earlier it turns out he made up the Jammers to appease his friends]].

* StalkerWithACrush / VillainousCrush: Trouble.

* TheReveal: In a confrontation, Mitchell basically reveals to Suzanne that [[spoiler: he did indeed use his powers to fix the mayoral election.]]