r/Invincible • u/abbacadar • Apr 05 '24
The small but revealing details left in this show are amazing COMIC SPOILERS
Pls no spoilers for non comic readers
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u/abbacadar Apr 05 '24
Went back and reread the comics and this is in there as well, Robert Kirkman is a genius.
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u/Faid9142 Apr 05 '24
What happens, I just wanna know the gist of how rex ends up being robot
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u/espenc Apr 05 '24
You can’t really explain it without giving away a massive spoiler
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u/Justsomeguy456 Apr 05 '24
Even though this post is marked as a spoiler, people are saying no spoilers? Fuck that. If we can't spoil something in a post marked as spoiler what the hell is the point💀💀 someone spoil this shit already lmao.
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u/Faid9142 Apr 05 '24
I JUST READ THE OTHER COMMENT AND REGRETTED IT 😭😭😭
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Apr 05 '24
Why are you in here bro 😭
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u/ksubijeans Apr 05 '24
Tbf to him, it’s hard when you want to discuss the show and a ton of people have already finished the comics, there are spoilers everywhere, they’re like landmines haha
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u/srnta Apr 05 '24
thank u for your comment i was looking arnd for why that was rex in the robot suit and now im going to stop 🫣
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u/Nemeris117 Apr 05 '24
swap the location of your names
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u/Carbuyrator Adam Wilkens Apr 05 '24
Nicely done. That's ominous and mysterious and doesn't exactly give it away.
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u/MissMamaMam Apr 06 '24
I’m not clever enough to get it 😭
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u/KarmaRBLXVN Anissa Apr 06 '24
"What happens, I just wanna know the gist of how Robot ends up being Rex"
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u/slimstarman Apr 05 '24
It’s a huge spoiler and trust me: you want to do the reading to get to that point. It’s some of the best material in the whole series.
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u/JxB_Paperboy Apr 05 '24
What issue should I pick up after season 2 and where can I read em?
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u/sfinney2 Robot Apr 05 '24
Recommend starting from beginning... Season 2 skipped around a bit so some parts are up to issue 47 or so but the last episode adapted around issue 33.
Compendiums are cheapest way to buy them, but some libraries apparently have them through Hoopla and comixoly had the first 10 volumes last I heard (which only gets you to around issue 53).
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u/JustMy2Centences Apr 06 '24
As a show watcher I'm just going to make some guesses. Never read the comics. Speculation is fun!
Rex gets paralyzed and Robot gives him a suit to work with. Regrettably unoriginal, but effective.
Robot makes a clone of Rex and transfers his consciousness into it.
Robot transfers his consciousness into the actual Rex in an attempt to repair brain damage side effects but accidentally overwrites Rex. Whoopsie.
Robot is dead. Rex just really liked his suit and inherited/acquired it.
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u/cant_give_an_f Apr 06 '24
It’s best to not as technically it spoils much of the future seasons of the show as it’s important
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u/Un111KnoWn Apr 05 '24
is thos show spoiler or comic spoiler? i dont want to get spoiled cuz i havent read the comics
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u/First_Factor_3385 Apr 05 '24
Yeaaaaa
I was watching the reel rejects reaction to the finale and when they got to that part and said Rex is robot I was just like 😬😬
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u/Own_Emphasis_3195 Apr 05 '24
I noticed that too I was like "they caught it! But they didnt catch it!" Its fascinating seeing non readers talk about it
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u/FuckTheOfficialApp Apr 06 '24
I've seen some non-show readers try to argue it with each other that it has to be Rex since Eve calls him that and I'm just sitting back like LMAO
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u/Own_Emphasis_3195 Apr 06 '24
You have some guys go "remember bro Rudy took Rex's body" and then someone else is like "she called him Rex tho??" And we're sitting here like "Well done, show. Well done" 😂
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u/MissiaichParriah Apr 05 '24
Damn, I actually thought they'd keep him alive considering Rae survived
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u/Lil_ruggie Apr 05 '24
Nah Rex's death is more of a story point than Raes death. My boy will die to complete his redemption arc.
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u/PS3LOVE Comic Fan Apr 05 '24
Yeah, and I’m sure Rae will die for real later on at some Point.
rex and his funeral and the way he died is actually important to the story and to his character growth, if they change that they would need to change his character growth, and robot a bit. Rae is a side character who dying or not dying doesn’t affect much in the comics
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u/KingOfTheUzbeks Apr 05 '24
Given they made Shapesmith much less sympathetic I think she may take his fate
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u/AdStunning2459 Subway Train Apr 05 '24
Shrinking Ray was more of ”the other guy” while Rex was an actually important character
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u/MikeWithoutMic Rex Splode Apr 06 '24
No lie I was calling him Rob after his death for a while cause I forgot who he was.
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u/Gardakkan Apr 05 '24
How many times he said something about not changing the future though...
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u/MonkiWasTooked Red Rush Apr 05 '24
yeah that was weird, he talked about not disrupting the time stream when they’re literally causing a gigantic disruption
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u/atomsk29 Apr 05 '24
It'd just split into another dimension/reality.
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u/MonkiWasTooked Red Rush Apr 05 '24
well that’s what i assumed but why does mark knowing about the other dimension disrupt the time stream
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u/Few-Acanthisitta1622 Apr 05 '24
Right, their entire goal was to change to time stream so that mark goes back to the correct dimension. Wtf was robot talking about
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Apr 05 '24 edited Apr 18 '24
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u/IIIOldSchooLIII Apr 05 '24
The original Rex eventually ends up sacrificing himself. To honor him, Robot/Rudy takes on his name.
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u/TelevisionExpress616 Apr 05 '24
I honestly wished he kept his name as Rudy. I get that he’s a sociopath who doesn’t understand why it’s weird, but just from a reader’s perspective it was always confusing to me. Especially when discussing with someone who hasn't gotten to that part of the story
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u/Pilarcraft Apr 05 '24
The oddest part is that instead of someone telling him "yeah this is really fucked up actually. Even looking at the clone body you made out of taking his blood non-consensually is weird enough, just go back to calling yourself Rudy" (which is something all of them are thinking) they just call him Rex.
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u/UnknownEntity347 Apr 05 '24
I hope in this version Mark stops calling him that once he goes all psycho
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u/Carbuyrator Adam Wilkens Apr 05 '24
But he said he was sad, guys!
Fr it was super weird the way Amanda just kinda let it go.
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u/dudemanlikedude Apr 06 '24
Rudy did it because he noticed Monster Girl found Rex attractive, too. Everyone let that go way too easily.
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u/Sevensevenpotato Apr 07 '24
It makes sense that HE doesn’t get why it’s unacceptable, but why does eve call him that? I don’t buy that she would willingly do that. I think everyone actually would tell him no and refuse
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u/Pwesidential_Debate John Wilkes Booth Apr 05 '24
But doesn’t that event not happen if Invincible doesn’t come back?
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u/JSkywalker22 Apr 05 '24
They state things go bad without invincible around, and their world is in chaos. Makes sense that includes lots of other heroes, OG Rex included, dying.
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u/running_later Two-Punch Man Apr 05 '24
so, I assume there's some comic book time paid to flesh out this version of the guardians?
I have only read the first bound paperback volume of the comic.
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u/Arrow2317 Apr 05 '24
No, they appear just as they did in the show. I haven't read all of the comics but I have gotten to that point and the scene is a 1:1 of the comic.
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u/arfelo1 Apr 06 '24
Mark has been beaten half to death in literally most of the episodes of the show. I'm sure they can find SOME excuse to delay him enough to let Rex have his big moment
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u/Pilarcraft Apr 05 '24
Rex sacrifices himself to save the world. Rudy takes his name
after having taken his literal physical form because well you knowin his honour. Which, uh, given the shit he later does, well done honouring him buddy.2
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u/Comfortable_Oil99 Omnipotus Apr 05 '24
I’m more interested in how they will do the voice are they really gonna use Rex va?
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u/RandomHerosan Apr 05 '24
I mean, you sound different as a kid vs. an adult. Considering Robot/Rudy is a clone of Rex, it would make sense he would have the same voice after puberty.
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u/Majam303 Apr 05 '24
Except Rudy as a kid still sounds like an adult. You gonna tell me when he speaks you hear a child? Going from a child's voice to adults in Puberty makes sense. Going from an adult voice to a different adult voice does not. But oh well it's just a creative decision, not a big deal.
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u/RandomHerosan Apr 05 '24
Personally I'll take Jason Mantzoukas over the current VA any day. It'll be a fun transition to see him go from cocky foul-mouthed Rex to the logical and intellectual Robot.
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u/erossmith Apr 05 '24
Ross Marquand is a great voice actor. Jason is more iconic. But Ross is doing his job well with Rudy, who is more intellectual and cold.
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u/GodlessHippie Apr 05 '24
He also did an amazing job of blending the robot voice and the Rex voice into its own unique thing that still has elements of both characters
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u/Sevensevenpotato Apr 07 '24
I thought it was weird that they used a different actor for Rudy. Just have Jason pitch up his voice a little. Tbh it’s not even pitched up by the other actor. We’re already spending too much on voice acting
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u/Nacroleptic_Owl Gillian Jacobs Apr 06 '24
Maybe Jason when he's outside the suit and the same va when he's in suit
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u/SUPER_QUOOL Apr 05 '24
I havent read the comics. When i saw robot taking his helmet off, i deadass thought it was Rudy. I assumed it would have made sense since Rudy cloned Rex's body for his own. But then Eve referred to him as Rex. So now im guessing Rudy and Rex came upon an agreement to kind of be like Tony Stark and JARVIS idk
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u/Doobie_Howitzer Battle Beast Apr 05 '24
Keep running it through your mind, it'll be a bit of a doozy when the reveal comes out
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u/Gr8BigFatso Apr 05 '24
I hope they don't minimize Zachary Quinto voicing Robot in the later parts, His voice fits so well and he's who I heard in my head when reading the comics.
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u/Longjumping-Wind1811 Apr 05 '24
I think they'll probably use Zachary while on armor and Jason out of armor
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u/PraxisV Apr 05 '24
They’ll definitely need Zachary around to deliver those tonal lines for when Robot does things like murder Cecil, betray Mark, and eliminate the other heroes when he dons his black armor.
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u/GCEF950 Apr 05 '24
For real, I've been reading through the comic myself and when I caught this scene, it clicked immediately. So cool!
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u/Own_Emphasis_3195 Apr 05 '24
This is a really great nod. Obvious enough so that the comic readers can get excited about it, but subtle enough to not completely give it away and let the non comic readers speculate
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u/dunkanan Apr 05 '24
The hair length would be the tell, but show Rex has long hair as well for some reason
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u/PinkGoldJigglypuff Apr 05 '24
Okay I haven't actually watched the episode yet (so I'm just going by this screenshot) but isn't "Rex" supposed to be younger here? Why does he look the same age as Eve. I thought he would look more similar to current day Rex.
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u/sleeplesskn1ght Apr 05 '24
I hope his moment in the show will be like when majin Vegeta detonates himself against Buu in DBZ.
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u/PraxisV Apr 05 '24
Seeing to how well liked Rex has become to show-only viewers (and how much the show version has made me like him even more as a comic-viewer), it’ll be pretty big and he’ll go out with his own Final Flash.
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u/karma_virus Apr 05 '24
I wonder if Rex in the suit lets him focus his blasts like mega man. Maybe he can rip the arms off mini bosses and beat the other minibosses with them.
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u/Mr_Quackers510 Monster Girl and Robot Apr 05 '24
Robot's character development is the arcs I'm most excited for them to adapt in the show. He's such an interesting character.
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u/TownIdiot25 Apr 06 '24
I forget if this foreshadowing was in this part of the comics. Also, after "Rex" grows up will they have Jason Mantzoukas voice him as an adult like this and Zachary Quinto voice the robot suit? Or was Jason voicing the robot suit in this scene?
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u/asscop99 Apr 05 '24
I’m actually not liking Rex’s voice casting anymore. It’s good and all and it works well for OG Rex but I can’t imagine taking Robot seriously with that voice. Perhaps if the actor pitches down a little bit
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u/MikeWithoutMic Rex Splode Apr 06 '24
I agree. I’ve actually can’t imagine scenarios where Jason Mantzoukas is being super serious and sad or meticulous and calculated. He’s just got such an expressive voice
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u/Edword58 Apr 05 '24
Yeah same here, I had to rewind to that because she said it so casual. Can’t wait for season 3
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u/Yaboiiiiiii6578 Ka-Hor Apr 05 '24
Last night we were having a watch party where two out of the 8 of the group had read the comics and know what will happen and when this scene was going down one of us said “wait she called him Rex” and I said “duh cuz that’s his body” and we shrugged and kept watching then he paused it and he said no wait yall she called RUDY , REX and we all looked at him looked at the two who had read and they just said “yeah took yall a second”. We all erupted into discussion and it was quiet funny
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u/NO0BSTALKER I thought you were stronger Apr 05 '24
I thought this was weird some kinda shit happen to that future
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u/Frosty_Reserve_4902 Apr 05 '24
Ok It’s been a couple of years since I’ve read these comics and I actually was a bit confused by this. I know everything that happens in the comics but this bit was a little hairy for me and I could’ve sworn it was just an unaddressed plot hole. Could someone please dm me and explain this meme to me since op said no spoilers?
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u/Ok_Bell_6228 Apr 05 '24
I just watched it and want to know since i was confused. Is it not supposed to be that they are not from the future since eve looked like she ”knew” what mark wanted to tell her at golden gate bridge. Or is it that og Rex died ? I dont care for spoilers of comics pls send awnser in dm or comments :)
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u/jakemonaghan30 Apr 05 '24
So is that an older Rudolph who started calling himself Rex or was that an older Rex
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u/Edenian_Prince Darkwing II Apr 06 '24
I hope we get to see the beard, it complimented his character quite a lot.
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u/AleksasKoval Banished to Hell Apr 06 '24
Wouldn't "People who don't know" just be confused? If i hadn't read the comics, I'd assume, mainly from the voice, that Rex got smart somehow and took over Robot's role.
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u/AlphaWolf210105 Apr 06 '24
Can some1 just tell me what this meme is supposed to be, just like cover up the msg or something.
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u/Ziggurat1000 Titan Apr 05 '24
It's so weird hearing Rex's VA (as in the person who voices the original Rex) speak so calmly.