r/Invincible • u/mwthecool Omni-Mod • Nov 17 '23

Invincible [Episode Discussion] - S02E03 - This Missive, This Machination! EPISODE DISCUSSION

Episode 3 - This Missive, This Machination!

Mark starts his college career, Debbie struggles with personal trauma, and Allen the Alien returns home to find a new threat facing the Coalition of Planets.

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u/TheAzulmagia Nov 17 '23

lol @ the Narrator panicking and rapidly cutting away from Allen getting tentacled

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u/mmcintoshmerc_88 Battle Beast Nov 17 '23

I like to picture him thinking "Shit! They didn't teach me about this in silver age exposition narrator school!"

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u/Karkava Monster Girl Nov 17 '23

"Oh no! Amber and Mark are also getting down and dirty! I'm stuck between two different plot threads on points that I can't show on television! What do I do?! Uhhhhh...how about that cat? Oh yes! Let's look at the cat! He has interesting stories to tell!"

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '23

\Cat proceeds to show it's two buttholes**

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u/carissadraws Nov 17 '23

I think the cat was also licking his assholes too which is funny lol. It would have been a funnier comedic beat if the cat also did something sexual lmfao

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u/548oranje548 Nov 17 '23

I expected the cat to get down with a companion aswell haha

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u/carissadraws Nov 17 '23

Or engaging in a self sucking incident lmao

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u/FruitJuicante Nov 19 '23

That would have been insanely funny for how out of place it is.

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u/GTMoraes Nov 20 '23

It's also extra funny that he has one eye, and two blind eyes, the opposite of ours.

Makes you think if Allen also has two assholes.

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u/Numerous_Witness_345 Nov 20 '23

It certainly appears he was ripped at least one new one.

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u/DarkChaos1786 Nov 17 '23

What I find funnier is the fact that extreme violence, blood and gore is not a problem but a little sexy scene needs to be cut away as quickly as possible.

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u/Karkava Monster Girl Nov 17 '23

Welcome to the United States or America.

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u/GatoradeNipples Nov 19 '23

I mean, they were clearly doing it for the sake of a gag. The show isn't incredibly sexually graphic or anything, but up to this point it's been pretty frank about the subject.

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u/gswane Nov 17 '23

PFT!

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u/YesThisIsVictor Nov 17 '23

What is this, a crossover episode?

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u/DoctorJJWho Nov 17 '23

As soon as I heard the narrator I just heard “Birthday Dad!” Lol

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u/funkhero Nov 17 '23

Cake Boss!

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u/colarol Nov 17 '23

cakeboss!

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u/Jstin8 Nov 17 '23

Coward. The people demand hot alien on Allen action!

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u/Future-Muscle-2214 Nov 17 '23

Haha I think it was in the comic as well.

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u/QuadVox Cecil Stedman Nov 17 '23

It was but they made it a lot funnier in the show

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u/Future-Muscle-2214 Nov 17 '23

Yeah lol I loved how it got very awkward when the tentacle came out.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '23 edited Dec 24 '23

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u/LuciosLeftNut Nov 21 '23

No, but that is also true for the comics up until the Allen story. Other than the scene setting notes, there's not really am omnipotent voice like in Allen's story

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u/VenomTheCapybara Nov 17 '23

Works better that he's voiced by Mr Peanutbutter

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u/of_kilter Nov 22 '23

Oh, that’s where i knew his voice from!

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u/Kylorenisbinks Nov 17 '23

Such a big fan of Paul F Tompkins, loved him as the narrator!

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u/AttitudeAndEffort3 Nov 21 '23

Lol @ “have you had a hot BM in the morning?” 😂

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u/TheAzulmagia Nov 21 '23

Yeah, that one made me double take.

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u/rpgnoob17 Nov 18 '23

I would love to learn more about Allen’s feline.

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u/theKinkajou Nov 21 '23

Paul F. Tompkins is always a delight.

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u/Makverus Nov 17 '23

Honestly, it felt that the joke didn't have a punchline. I'm not necessary saying that this idea is super-funny, but at least it has an end - if, for example, that cat thing did in fact engage in intercourse with another being and the Narrator just went: "Oh, fuck off. why is everyone so horny!? I quit!" and then they cut to the next scene. We just looked at an alien cat for a few seconds, doesn't seem like a punchline to me. Also, rule of thirds in comedy.

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u/LuciosLeftNut Nov 21 '23

To me, the cat licking its two buttholes was a funny enough punchline/third. I agree though that a quip from the narrator at that moment (even just a "Oh, cmon!") could have punctuated it better

But I also like that Invincible doesn't feel the need to hammer every joke