r/Invincible • u/mwthecool Omni-Mod • Nov 24 '23

Invincible [Episode Discussion] - S02E04 - It's Been a While EPISODE DISCUSSION

Episode 4 - It's Been a While!

Mark answers the call to save an alien species, but the mission has unexpected personal consequences.

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u/Smash_Z Nov 24 '23

The Maulers would kill it on a lot of things. Funny how guys like them stick to a life of crime when their tech could make them millionaires.

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u/mmcintoshmerc_88 Battle Beast Nov 24 '23

"And this device gives you ten times you're regular strength, it's great for punching holes in the walls of banks, high security government sites or people really."

"But you could use this technology for general applications and you'd become millionaires possibly even billionaires overnight!"

"But we don't want to be billionaires! We wanna rob banks!"

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u/i_invented_the_ipod Nov 24 '23

https://preview.redd.it/zbqpn45th82c1.jpeg?width=1320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=961b36e0704d17a3f67d29d7a46865b2e943dc01

Pretty much.

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u/RunningNumbers Nov 24 '23

“Bruh, you could like create a club where people sign up. It’s like a much simpler way to go about it.”

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u/watashi_ga_kita Nov 25 '23

Realistically, government and law enforcement would get irksome about it and try to shut it down. Might as well do everyone, in which case order doesn't matter.

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u/T-Baaller Nov 26 '23

Yeah but the club route lets you get a dozens/hundreds of followers before the cops catch wind.

Said followers can make converting the rest of the world a lot easier

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u/watashi_ga_kita Nov 27 '23

if random people are hearing about this club, law enforcement and such will also hear about it. Even if you kept it a secret, you would need to make them really small so they can be hidden in the city, or you would need to turn them somewhere remote where their size might not matter as much, which would still get you noticed soon.

Best approach is to start turning people in a busy area and get to as many as you can while trying to keep a low profile. The chaos that ensues will be good cover and let you continue your work.

It's also important to make sure everyone spreads out so the city can't just be quarantined or sacrificed to prevent spread. Admittedly, it would be better to start in Europe instead of the U.S. because of population density.

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u/Rekuna Nov 25 '23

The thing is, I doubt he's turning people into Dinosaurs with cancer, so he's probably curing the cancer as an added bonus - I imagine it's the same with any other ailments or disabilities.

So not only do you get to have your illness cured, but you also get to be a badass Dinosaur!

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u/AlarmingAffect0 "Dude, I saw it on Reddit" Nov 26 '23

Scary Monsters intensifies.

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u/-GI_BRO- Nov 28 '23

I love Diego

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u/AlarmingAffect0 "Dude, I saw it on Reddit" Nov 28 '23

Oh, he's a golddinosaur digger, waaaaay outta town, that digs on Jeez('s corpse parts).

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u/arfelo1 Nov 25 '23

Funny, he could walk into the bank and they'd have a business plan for him within a week

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u/HeiressOfMadrigal Nov 25 '23

This is actually a common trope, one of my favorites: Cut Lex Luthor a Check

https://preview.redd.it/gkgsdol2ij2c1.png?width=334&format=png&auto=webp&s=141ad3740ae8d1a7aeddd8adc9f216d2f5d4c30d

This is the villainous equivalent of Reed Richards Is Useless: A baddie who constantly fails at beating the heroes never realizes that their intellect and hard work might mean they'd get a lot more done if they did an honest day's work; any attempt at going straight is simply a ruse to lull heroes into a false sense of security. This may be more a factor of maintaining the Status Quo, and it's usually mentioned that the Mad Scientist is mad after all. Sometimes lampshaded at a villain's death with "If only he'd used his powers for good, instead of for evil."

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u/Noremac1234 Nov 25 '23

Imagine the MAulers actually saying that.

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u/WillyTheHatefulGoat Comic Fan Nov 25 '23

They are also probably criminals because of the multiple crimes they do that break pretty much every law in the book.

They could make more money but can't turn a guy into a chair if they go legit.

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u/N-ShadowFrog Nov 24 '23

Surprised Cecil didn't hire them like he did with the cyborg guys.

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u/HippieDogeSmokes Nov 24 '23

They’re too smart, too strong, and too evil to manipulate. Sinclair in contrast isn’t as smart and is far younger and had some sick form of morality justifying it

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u/throwaway12junk Nov 24 '23

Sinclair is like Wener Von Braun. He doesn't care who he hurts to what degree so long as his vision is achieved. History has proven he'll be remembered more for his achievements than the means.

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u/metalflygon08 Reanimen Nov 24 '23

There's a good chance he may have tried but they like to do their own thing and not share with others.

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u/karateema Abraham Lincoln Nov 24 '23

They'd probably double cross him at the first chance

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u/N-ShadowFrog Nov 24 '23

He has mind control collars and should be able to build some of those brain bombs Amanda Waller uses.

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u/AlarmingAffect0 "Dude, I saw it on Reddit" Nov 26 '23

Maybe he will, someday?

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u/Jefrejtor Nov 24 '23

I always thought of them as extreme geeks and jocks combined. Thanks to their geek side they can build all this super impressive tech from scraps, but their jock side is making them do dumb shit because it's fun.

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u/AlarmingAffect0 "Dude, I saw it on Reddit" Nov 26 '23

It's like Gideon Graves and Lucas Lee.

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u/Financial_Rent_7978 Killcannon Dec 02 '23

It’s like if Gideon graves and Lucas Lee were the same dude (show Gideon at least, movie Gideon is significantly more evil than the maulers, I think)

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u/Daztur Nov 24 '23

That's what I love about the Mauler Twins, kind of like Dr. Doom is almooooost a hero but just too arrogant the Maulers are almoooooost wisecracking anti-heroes (or tech billionaires) but are just too jerkass to cut it at anything else but what they are.

They're still my favorite characters to have on screen. They're as lovable as Calvin squabbling with his clones in Calvin and Hobbes.

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u/_LANC3LOT Nov 25 '23

God I love the Mauler twins so much i am SO GLAD they're back

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u/Redditer51 Nov 24 '23

That's the folly with a lot of supervillains.

Just look up that scene with Spider-Man pointing that out to Sauron (dinosaur-man and X-Men villain)

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u/JustALittleGravitas Nov 25 '23

In the case of the Maulers I don't think they stick to it so much as they're stuck in it. They're of too violent and independent of a temperament to fit into society very well and once they're out they're pretty much out. Hard to run a legitimate business when you're wanted for beating the board of supervisors to death for refusing to let you build a lab.

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u/smurfkipz Nov 26 '23

Probably because they hate when being told what to do, and least of all from a clone.