History NightmareFuel / Invincible2021

* Nolan continues his penchant for inflicting gruesome injuries on his foes. He guts Lucan with a knifehand strike and follows up by shoving a stalactite through the injury; he beats Vidor and smashes his skull, though unlike Red Rush his head remains intact... just ''internally split in half'', and finally he caves Thula's jaw into her face and she seemingly starts to drown in her own blood. While Nolan may have changed from his evil, conquering ways, he is still ''most 'certainly'' as brutal and ruthless as ever if you piss him off.

* In the middle of Mark's date with Amber, a Viltrumite, Anissa, just suddenly enters the scene out of nowhere to demand that Mark speak with her about his progress on conquering Earth, or she'll slaughter everyone in the restaurant they're in, starting with Amber. This threat is delivered with bone chilling casualness, while her hand is calmly resting around Amber's neck, and Amber herself is slowly shedding tears of fear.
** Anissa's presence also serves as a horrifying reminder for how helpless humanity (including those with superpowers) are against Viltrumites. A terrified Amber describes how Anissa's grip was like an iron clamp that could kill her at any second and she ''isn't wrong''. Mark is only able to save Amber and the surrounding civilians by convincing Anissa that he will talk to her as long as she leaves Amber and the people unharmed. And Anissa tells him to make it quick...
*** As much as Anissa talks to Mark about how her and the Viltrumite Empire could help humanity, and even denounces any personal sadism, it's clear that she doesn't value human life anymore than Vidor or Thula did on Thraxia. As she shows not a shred of hesitance to kill Amber or the surrounding people and the tone in her voice lets you know she can and ''will'' in a heartbeat if Mark doesn't comply.

* After managing to fight evenly against another Viltrumite, Thula, in ''It's Been A While'' there might be some hope that Mark can hold his own against Anissa should things get violent. There isn't. Anissa completely outclasses Mark to the point of helplessness. Their fight is arguably even more one sided than when Mark tried to fight his father, if a lot less drawn out and brutal. Which once again puts into perspective how bleak Earth's prospects are against a Viltrumite invasion when just one of them can already prove too much to handle.
** Anissa very nearly crushes Mark's throat under her foot, just stopping before he dies. It's a chilling demonstration of how helpless Mark is compared to a fully-trained Viltrumite.
** Fans of the original series are no doubt aware of just how terrible Anissa can truly be, despite her logical and merciful disposition. While the scene is also taken from their first fight in the comics, the imagery of Mark in a crater at Anissa's hand surely brought back some unpleasant memories for those fans as well.

** Another version of Angstrom is a cop trying to stop an evil Invincible along with his fellow officers. Invincible slaughters them with [[FlashStep a step]], and pops the last one's head off.

* An alternate reality shows how bleak Earth would have become had Mark chosen to go along with Omni-Man. His utter callousness of crushing Immortal's head to permanently kill him off and only further cements his heinousness by [[CruelMercy breaking Atom Eve's neck to paralyze her as opposed to killing her.]] Shortly after, he rounds on the members of Eve's resistance to kill them with a cold, unflinching smile, [[DissonantSerenity completely blasé about the entire experience.]]
** According to Angstrom, '''most''' realities he's been to have Omni-Man and Mark turning against humanity and laying waste to it.
** The aforementioned neck-breaking opens up all kinds of FridgeHorror, especially when you ''hear her whimper and see tears pour down her cheeks''. Imagine being utterly helpless, unable to move or speak or use your powers, kept alive for ''decades'', visited by the monstrous sociopath who did this to you. Oh, and you also have to bear witness to the world being ground to dust under his heel... which you got a taste of when you heard (if not saw) him murder all those people in the shelter, [[ForcedToWatch completely unable to help.]] Just... wow...

** Similar to Nolan's murder of the Guardians, what makes it especially disturbing is how the Viltrumites are just ''so brutally, sadistically efficient'' with violence. They barely show a flicker of emotion while they methodically maim Allen. They're like robots programmed to commit horrific acts of violence. It goes to show just how sociopathic Viltrumites are, and the kind of culture they came from.

* Just how outclassed Mark is by them (at least initially). His fight with Lucan could barely be called that as the Viltrumite easily pushes Mark through the floor with only his ''finger''. Making it worse is how Mark is ''very'' aware that he doesn't stand that much of a chance against them. When face to face with Thula, Mark practically tries to beg his way out of fighting her and unfortunately for him the only mercy she seems willing to give him is a quick death.
* Their SocialDarwinist philosophy in general. The passive dismissiveness of those they deem weaker is absolutely chilling. Not even those amongst their ranks are safe as after seeing that Nolan ([[NotQuiteDead seemingly]]) killed Lucan, Vidor can only say that he deserved to die then. Unless you are of Viltrumite descent (and if you are, you ''better'' be able to hold your own in a fight), then you are either dead or a slave. There is no other option.
* Nolan continues his penchant for inflicting gruesome injuries on his foes. He guts Lucan with a knifehand strike and follows up by shoving a stalactite through the injury; he beats Vidor and smashes his skull, though unlike Red Rush his head remains intact just... mushy, and finally he smashes open Thula's jaw so her face splits and she seemingly starts to drown in her own blood. This ultimately shows that while Nolan may have changed from his evil, conquering ways, he still most ''certainly'' is as ruthless as ever if you piss him off and he most ''certainly'' is still willing to brutally slaughter his foes.
-->'''Nolan:''' ''(Slowly crushing Vidor's skull under his foot)'' ''Do you'' '''''regret''''' ''attacking'' '''''my''''' ''family now?!'' '''''DO YOU!?!'''''
* The episode ends with Mark coming face to face with General Kregg, who out of a twisted Darwinistic respect for Mark surviving his first fight with a Viltrumite, decides to have him finish Nolan's mission and prepare the Earth for the Viltrumites' rule, ending with a very explicit threat as to the consequences of defiance:

-->'''Omni-Man:''' Do you '''''really''''' think you can stop me?

** He later throws Mark into downtown Chicago, killing an untold number of people. A building begins to crumble, and Invincible tries to save a mother and a child but fails after the building collapses, and the only thing left of them is the mother's severed arm.

** Nolan continues to state how pointless and worthless humanity is and how he is above them and then casually crushes a father reaching out for his daughter. He then claims that he has been going easy on Mark, and starts punching him around helplessly through the sky.
--->'''Nolan:''' I will burn this planet down before I spend another minute living among these ''animals''!

** Finally with an expression terrifying in itself, he throws Invincible to a mountain, causing an avalanche that takes out a village, and, still seeing Mark trying to resist, callously claims he can just make another kid after killing Mark, and that 17 years won't be a long time for him before beating him senselessly.

** By the end of the fight, Mark is once more covered in his own blood, has [[FacialHorror ripped skin on his nose, lips, and chin, and is completely covered in bruises]].

** Even ''after'' all that, Mark is still clearly scarred by, not just his battle with his father, but also his ''other'' failures. He remembers what his father said to him about wanting to be [[TheParagon like him]] with heartwarming music and wholesome scenes, before the music, speech, and scenes start to worsen to show his failures and shift Nolan's speech over to what it ''actually'' means to be a [[TheBrute Viltrumite]].

** And while Angstrom claims he won't harm Debbie or Oliver as long as Mark essentially plays along with his plan to kill him, he's very callous with their well-being, [[WouldHurtAChild throwing Oliver]] ''by the arm'' likes he's a doll with him only being saved by [[MamaBear Debbie catching him in time.]] Then, in what's somehow one of the most full-body-wince-inducing injuries in the entire show, he ''[[SickeningCrunch snaps]]'' Debbie's arm at the wrist, nearly taking her hand clean off. No one's truly safe from harm in this show...
*** On top of that, he makes it clear to Mark that the minute he figures out that nothing can physically harm him he will resort to hurting Debbie and Oliver as a back up plan.

** One version of Mark finds Angstrom and his understandably scared young son and comments on how weak and pathetic they are. As a show of "mercy", [[WouldHurtAChild he decides to kill Angstrom's son quickly,]] which he does [[ForcedToWatch right in front of Angstrom]] as he futilely tries to stop him.
** Another version of Angstrom is a cop trying to stop an evil Mark along with his fellow officers. Mark slaughters them without breaking a sweat.
** A third version of Angstrom is in a prison camp at the end of a long line of kneeling people that Mark is walking towards and casually decapitating with a wave of his arm and he's getting closer and closer to Angstrom as the scene draws on.
* Mark's final beatdown of Angstrom when he gains the upper hand in their fight. He knocks Angstrom down and then begins punching him over and over again, throwing off Angstrom's attempts to fight back before hitting him even harder...again, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and again]], '''[[RageBreakingPoint and again]]'''. By the time he finally stops and realizes just how far he went, Mark is dripping ''rivers'' of Levy's blood, his arms are caked in flesh and brain matter, and the ruins they were "fighting" in are ''stained red'' from viscera. Mark, of course, is left [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone completely and utterly]] ''[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified]]''.

* The entire situation the Graysons find themselves in with Angstrom Levy. At this point, the man is totally insane and holding Debbie and baby Oliver hostage. Mark, despite his powers, is unable to move fast enough to stop Levy before he teleports him to another Earth where Mark is attacked by a variety of different threats, including dinosaurs and zombies.

* Darkwing nearly dies in the opening sequence via crushing. He pulls a HeroicSacrifice and pushes out the woman he was rescuing, while preparing to FaceDeathWithDignity.

** For all his talk of being the good guy in this confrontation, when finally battling Mark himself in a normal city, Angstrom casually [[KickTheDOg teleports two random civilians]] to other dimensions ''[[ForTheEvulz for no reason whatsoever]]''. Putting aside the sheer callousness and cruelty of that act, imagine being one of those two people, forever missing from their home timeline...[[FridgeHorror and then think about]] the DeathWorld that they were likely sent to, lacking the powers and combat experience of Mark himself...

* Mark's final beatdown of Levy when he gains the upper hand in their fight. He knocks Levy down and then begins punching him over and over again, throwing off Levy's attempts to fight back before hitting him even harder. By the time he finally stops and realizes just how far he went, Mark is dripping ''rivers'' of Levy's blood, his arms are caked in flesh and brain matter, and the ruins they are "fighting" in are stained red from viscera. Mark, of course, is left [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone completely and utterly]] ''[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified]]''.
** The worst part is, despite how the series thus far has never been afraid of {{Gorn}}, [[NothingIsScarier we never see the end result of Mark's]] NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.

** And while Angstrom claims he won't harm Debbie or Oliver as long as Mark essentially plays along with his plan to kill him, he's very callous with their well-being, [[WouldHurtAChild throwing Oliver]] ''by the arm'' likes he's a doll with him only being saved by [[MamaBear Debbie catching him in time.]]

** A third version Angstrom is at the end of a long line of kneeling people that Mark is walking towards and casually decapitating with a wave of his arm and he's getting closer and closer to Angstrom as the scene draws on.

** One version of Mark finds Angstrom and his understandably scared young son and comments on how weak and pathetic they are. As a show of "mercy", [[WouldHurtAChild he decides to kill Angstrom's son quickly,]] which he does [[ForcedToWatch right in front of Angstrom]] as he futilely tries to stop him. Given this Invincible's black and yellow costume, the addition of a cape, and his polite yet disturbingly sadistic demeanor, this could very well be an EarlyBirdCameo of Sinister Mark, aka [[ImAHumanitarian the one who's a cannibal]]. [[FridgeHorror God only knows what he did to Angstrom Jr's corpse after killing him.]]

** One version of Mark finds Angstrom and his understandably scared young son and comments on how weak and pathetic they are. As a show of "mercy", he decides to kill Angstrom's son quickly, which he does right in front of Angstrom as he futilely tries to stop him.

* Mark's final beatdown of Levy when he gains the upper hand in their fight. He knocks Levy down and then begins punching him over and over again, throwing off Levy's attempts to fight back before hitting him even harder. By the time he finally stops and realizes just how far he went, Mark is dripping ''rivers'' of Levy's blood, his arms are caked in flesh and brain matter, and the ruins they are "fighting" in are stained red from viscera.

* After the title screen is shown in the first episode as pristine and clean with triumphant music; each following episode has [[EvolvingCredits more and more blood being sprayed across it]] with a ScareChord out of a horror show. In "Where I Really Came From", a larger splash of blood almost completely covers the "Invincible" logo itself, signifying how dire a situation is going to be. "A Lesson For Your Next Life" has a ''further'' blood splatter that almost completely obscures any other color, eventually having the background FadeToBlack and leaving only the blood-red letters of "invincible" handing in the void, as if signifying that this season will somehow be even DarkerAndEdgier than the first.

** Another version of Angstrom who was a cop trying to stop an evil Mark along with his fellow officers. Mark slaughters them without breaking a sweat.
** In a third Angstrom is at the end of a long line of kneeling people that Mark is walking and casually decapitating each of them with a wave of his arm and he's getting closer and closer as the scene draws on.

** And while Angstrom claims he won't harm Debbie or Oliver as long as Mark essentially plays along with his plan to kill him, he's very callous with their well-being, [[WouldHurtAChild throwing Oliver]] ''by the leg'' likes he's a doll with him only being saved by [[MamaBear Debbie catching him in time.]]

*** On top of that, he makes it clear to Debbie that the minute he figures out that nothing can physically harm Mark he will resort to hurting ''them'' as a backup plan if he has too.

*** On top of that, he makes it clear to Debbie that the minute he figures out that nothing can physically harm Mark he will resort to hurting ''them'' as a backup plan if he has too.

** And while Angstrom claims he won't harm Debbie or Oliver as long as Mark essentially plays along with his plan to kill him, he's very callous with their well-being, throwing Oliver ''by the leg'' likes he's a doll with him only being saved by Debbie catching him in time.

** Another version of Angstrom who was a cop tries to stop an evil Mark along with his fellow officers. Mark slaughters them without breaking a sweat.

* The entire situation the Graysons find themselves in with Angstrom Levy. The mine is totally insane and holding Debbie and baby Oliver hostage. Mark despite his powers is unable to move fast enough to stop Levy before he teleports him to another earth where Mark is attacked by a variety of different threats including dinosaurs and zombies.
** And while Langstorm claims he won't harm Debbie or Oliver as long as Mark essentially plays along with his plan to kill him he's very callous with their well-being, throwing Oliver ''by the leg'' likes he's a doll with him only being saved by Debbie catching him in time.
*** Ontop of that he makes it clear to Debbie that the minute he figures out that nothing can physically harm Mark he will resort to hurting ''them'' as a backup plan if he has too.
* In a departure from the comic this episode shows the various Marks that Langstorm and his multiversal counterparts have encountered and from what we are shown Mark being a good guy is ''not'' a common trend across the multiverse.
** One version of Mark finds Langstorm and his understandably scared young son and comments on how weak and pathetic they are and as a show of "mercy" he'll kill Langstorms son quickly which he does right in front of Langstrom as he futiley tries to stop him.
** Anoter version of Langstrom who was a cop tries to stop an evil Mark along with his fellow officers. Mark slaughters them without breaking a sweat.

** Anissa's presence also serves as a horrifying reminder for how helpless humanity (including those with superpowers) are against Viltrumites. A terrified Amber describes how Anissa's grip was like an iron clamp that could kill her at any second and she ''isn't wrong''. Mark is only able to save Amber and the surrounding civilians by convincing Anissa that he talk to her as long as she leaves Amber and the people unharmed. And Anissa tells him to make it quick...
*** As much as Anissa talks to Mark about how her and the Viltrumite Empire could help humanity, and even denounces any personal sadism, it's clear that she doesn't value human life anymore than Vidor or Thula did on Thraxia. As she shows not a shred of hesitance to kill Amber or the surrounding people and tone in her voice lets you know she can and ''will'' in a heartbeat if Mark doesn't comply.

* In the middle of Mark's date with Amber, a Viltrumite, Anissa, just suddenly enters the scene out of nowhere to demand that Mark speak with her about his progress on conquering Earth, or she'll slaughter everyone in the restaurant they're in, starting with Amber. This threat is delivered with bone chilling casualness, with her hand is calmly resting around Amber's neck, and Amber herself is sobbing in fear.
** Anissa's presence also serves as a horrifying reminder for how helpless humanity (including those with superpowers) are against Viltrumites. Amber terrifying describes to Mark how Anissa's grip was like an iron clamp that could kill her at any second and she ''isn't wrong''. Mark is only able to save Amber and the surrounding civilians by convincing her he will talk to her as long as she leaves Amber and the people unharmed.
*** Also as much as Anissa talks to Mark about how her and the Vitltrumite Empire could help humanity it's clear she doesn't value human life anymore then Vidor or Thula did on Thraxia. As she shows not a shred of hesitance to kill Amber or the surrounding people and tone in her voice lets you know she can and ''will'' in a heartbeat if Mark doesn't comply.
* After managing to fight evenly against another Viltrumite, Thula, in ''It's Been A While'' there might be some hope that Mark can hold his own against Anissa should things get violent. There isn't. Anissa completely outclasses Mark to the point of helplessness, their fight is arguably even more one sided than when Mark tried to fight his father, if a lot less drawn out and brutal. Which once again puts into perspective how bleak Earth's prospects are against a Viltrumite invasion when just one of them can already prove too much to handle.