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* RightForTheWrongReasons: At least implied when Tighten nastily informs Roxanne as part of his SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids speech that there is "no Queen of England". He's technically right[[note]]Queen Elizabeth II is, in fact, the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of which England is only one part, and does not officially hold the title of "Queen of England"[[/note]] but given that he's saying this in context of listing imaginary fairy-tale creatures such as the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny (and, well, his general level of intelligence throughout the film), it's likely that he's not aware of the distinction and thinks that the British Royal Family is ''also'' imaginary.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: At least implied when Tighten nastily informs Roxanne as part of his SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids speech that there is "no Queen of England". He's technically right[[note]]Queen Elizabeth II is, was, in fact, the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of which England is only one part, and does did not officially hold the title of "Queen of England"[[/note]] England"; this became HilariousInHindsight after her death in September 2022[[/note]] but given that he's saying this in context of listing imaginary fairy-tale creatures such as the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny (and, well, his general level of intelligence throughout the film), it's likely that he's not aware of the distinction and thinks that the British Royal Family is ''also'' imaginary.
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* UnusualEuphemism: Metro Man says "Dag! Crab Nuggets!" and "Fackled Fish Cracker!" while trapped in the copper-lined observatory.
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* UnusualEuphemism: Metro Man says "Dag! Crab Nuggets!" "Fargin' dag crab nuggets!" and "Fackled Fish Cracker!" fish cracker!" while trapped in the copper-lined observatory.
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* NowWhat: Megamind has this reaction soon after he grows bored of ruling Metro City, as he never really believed he would ever beat Metro Man and finds the loss of his main goal in life to have left such a void that he decides to [[CreateYourOwnHero create a new hero]] to battle just to have something to do.
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* ShoutOut: Several shout outs to the 1978 Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'' which for obvious reasons, will not be listed here.
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* ShoutOut: Several shout outs to the 1978 Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'' ''Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'' which for obvious reasons, will not be listed here.
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->'''Megamind:''' I guess destiny is not the path given to us, but the path we choose for ourselves.
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->'''Megamind:''' Predictable? ''Predictable''? Oh, you call ''this'' predictable?!\\
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->'''Megamind:''' I guess destiny is not the path given to us, but the path we choose for ourselves.
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-->'''Megamind:''' Predictable? ''Predictable''? Oh, you call ''this'' predictable?!\\
-->'''Roxanne:''' Your alligators, yes! Yeah, I was thinking about it on the way over.
-->'''Roxanne:''' Your alligators, yes! Yeah, I was thinking about it on the way over.
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** Metro City takes its name from the setting of the ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' games.
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* NatureVsNurture: Both Megamind and Metro Man's roles as villain and hero are mostly shaped by their upbringings in the places they landed and how they were treated as a result of them.
** Megamind landed in a prison where he was [[RaisedByOrcs adopted and raised by the inmates]]. And through that, he learned the ins and outs of robbery and crime, including breaking the inmates out of prison. So when he was sent to school, all of his attempts to fit in derived from his experiences and things he learned in prison, so what he did made people view him as bad. That made him realize that being bad was all he was good at and [[ThenLetMeBeEvil decided to capitalize on that and be the worst of the worst]], and so he grows into a supervillain. But as shown later on, all of Megamind's smarts and skills lends itself to also make him a good superhero when given the chance.
** Metro Man landed at a luxurious mansion, where the mom and especially the dad weren't implied to be the most attentive of parents. At school, he got a chance to [[SmugSuper show off his superpowers]] and they were especially put to use whenever Megamind "misbehaved" and to undo whatever damage has been done. But by having these powers, he was expected to always be a hero without much choice in the matter. [[spoiler:This leads to him having a mid-life crisis that results in him deciding to give up his hero title by faking his death and letting Megamind take over Metro City]]. Even aside from that, Metro Man [[GoodIsNotNice isn't really the nicest guy around]]. He was a bully towards Megamind in school, is okay with playing with citizens using his powers in dangerous ways, [[spoiler:and as mentioned, let the entire city be taken over by Megamind so he could pursue his music dream. But he appears to be a [[NiceGuy much better person]] when he gets to choose for himself and not follow what society expects of him.]]
** Megamind landed in a prison where he was [[RaisedByOrcs adopted and raised by the inmates]]. And through that, he learned the ins and outs of robbery and crime, including breaking the inmates out of prison. So when he was sent to school, all of his attempts to fit in derived from his experiences and things he learned in prison, so what he did made people view him as bad. That made him realize that being bad was all he was good at and [[ThenLetMeBeEvil decided to capitalize on that and be the worst of the worst]], and so he grows into a supervillain. But as shown later on, all of Megamind's smarts and skills lends itself to also make him a good superhero when given the chance.
** Metro Man landed at a luxurious mansion, where the mom and especially the dad weren't implied to be the most attentive of parents. At school, he got a chance to [[SmugSuper show off his superpowers]] and they were especially put to use whenever Megamind "misbehaved" and to undo whatever damage has been done. But by having these powers, he was expected to always be a hero without much choice in the matter. [[spoiler:This leads to him having a mid-life crisis that results in him deciding to give up his hero title by faking his death and letting Megamind take over Metro City]]. Even aside from that, Metro Man [[GoodIsNotNice isn't really the nicest guy around]]. He was a bully towards Megamind in school, is okay with playing with citizens using his powers in dangerous ways, [[spoiler:and as mentioned, let the entire city be taken over by Megamind so he could pursue his music dream. But he appears to be a [[NiceGuy much better person]] when he gets to choose for himself and not follow what society expects of him.]]
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* RuleOfThree: When Megamind has finally won over Metro Man, we get Megamind, the mayor, and the warden in succession saying "I/He did it".
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* RewatchBonus: Several, but the most cleverly hidden "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" example is during Megamind and Metro Man's televised speech at the beginning. The projection displaying Metro Man appears to blip for a split second while a blurred object passes behind Megamind on the opposite projection. This is Metro Man using his super speed to escape and plot his own faked death, which is all shown in full much later in the film via a flashback from Metro Man's perspective.
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* RewatchBonus: Several, but the RewatchBonus:
** The most cleverly hidden "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" example is during Megamind and Metro Man's televised speech at the beginning. The projection displaying Metro Man appears to blip for a split second while a blurred object passes behind Megamind on the opposite projection. This is Metro Man using his super speed to escape and plot his own faked death, which is all shown in full much later in the film via a flashback from Metro Man's perspective.
** The most cleverly hidden "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" example is during Megamind and Metro Man's televised speech at the beginning. The projection displaying Metro Man appears to blip for a split second while a blurred object passes behind Megamind on the opposite projection. This is Metro Man using his super speed to escape and plot his own faked death, which is all shown in full much later in the film via a flashback from Metro Man's perspective.
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** Hal's descent into villainy doesn't come out of nowhere: he was always an entitled creep. Megamind giving him powers just made him into a ''dangerous'' entitled creep.
