r/Invincible • u/BNB3737 • Apr 07 '24

Wait, Robot’s puny laser actually damaged Battle Beast? DISCUSSION

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And the hammer that was basically a nuke barley did anything to Omni-man

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u/Transcent_Lavender Battle Beast Apr 07 '24

My favorite part about invincible is even the strongest characters can still get stunned. We’ve seen Omni man get hit a few times and feel it.

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u/Ttvcat996 Apr 07 '24

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u/TrespassingWook Apr 07 '24

https://i.redd.it/bo1ns7f153tc1.gif

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u/TomModel85 Apr 07 '24

I absolutely love the sound design on this hit. Really feel it's ringing his bell.

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u/Oliwier255 Red Rush Apr 07 '24

I heard War Woman battle yell, sound ofchit and Omni-Man grunts. I like that moment

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u/TrespassingWook Apr 07 '24

Yeah the first hit was like "that hurt like hell, better not let her do that again"

Then 20 seconds later she turns his brain into tv static.

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u/N_O_O_D_L_E Apr 07 '24

And then another 20 seconds later, she doesn’t need a rearview mirror ever again.

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u/Sovereigntyranny Invincible Apr 07 '24

With the sound effect it made, that swing definitely had to hurt. Look at his face, too, that’s the face of “Oh fuck, that actually hurt!”

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u/OkBubbyBaka Apr 08 '24

Bros eye is bulging out

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u/carolusf Apr 07 '24

Was the animation better than average in this scene?

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u/HumpyFroggy Apr 07 '24

The animation on the first season was usually better than the second, sadly.

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u/thatguyned Apr 07 '24

Is that where the community landed on the animation differences?

There were tiny shading differences and different line work on some characters, but I felt like the animation remained about the same level for both seasons.

It's a show that plays of its comicbook origins heavily and is intentionally animated a little stiff

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u/clearfox777 Apr 08 '24

They even rag on it in a really meta way when Mark is at comic con talking to the dog-man creator (who was very clearly a stand in for the invincible creator)

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u/razorKazer Apr 08 '24

The whole comic con sequence was brilliant. Mark and Amber reminded me of my wife and I at cons, and the jokes with the comic creator were hilarious. I love this show

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u/Ineedpalmtreeliving Apr 08 '24

That was off-putting to me

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u/HumpyFroggy Apr 08 '24

Nah fam, the faces got screwed up and there's lots of moments with weird facial expressions or characters going off model, that a show with weaker writing or voice acting would get lots of shit for.

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u/ILoveRegenHealth Apr 07 '24

To this day I still haven't rewatched that scene only because it's so intense and sad what happens (although I do plan to do so again some time). First time I saw that I couldn't believe how shocked I was.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24

Really? I've rewatched it like ten times. It was shocking the first time, and after that, it's just been fascinating for me. Same with the battle between Mark and Omni-Man at the end of season 1. I've rewatched that at least five times.

There are some scenes in stuff I can't rewatch though. Like a certain head trauma scene in Game of Thrones.

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u/PepperbroniFrom2B Doc Seismic Apr 08 '24

the worst of it was Red Rush. Yikes.

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u/TrespassingWook Apr 07 '24

Same I have to skip over the bad parts. But I'll replay omniman getting hammered and beaten over and over.

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u/areyouhungryforapple Apr 08 '24

War Woman does have incredible punching power tbf

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u/Spacemonster111 Apr 08 '24

Season one did gore so much better

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u/avairaa Omni-Man Apr 07 '24

this angle is killing me, whyd you get his bad side 😭💀💀

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u/i_m_shadyyyy Apr 07 '24

Oh he’s getting it

Edit: wait I didn’t see the blood because of the low luminosity of my phone lol

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u/Lukas-Reggi Ember Apr 07 '24

The fact a 400 billion laser did less damage than Guardians

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u/SuddenlyDiabetes Apr 07 '24

Literally his fight with Immortal

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u/MichaelRichardsAMA Apr 07 '24

Most writing usually makes heroes out like Goku. Superman included here. They just get their ass kicked to 1 HP then find their resolve and completely fucking nuke their opponent

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u/RollTideYall47 Apr 08 '24

The old Hulk Hogan No Sell

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u/DMVRat Apr 07 '24

That’s just superheroes in general

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u/UnderPressureVS Apr 07 '24

Nah, a lot of superheros basically alternate from being invincible (no pun intended) to getting their ass kicked when they “meet their match.” There’s not a lot of in between. Superman in particular is either completely unphased by everything, or crawling on the floor after Kryptonite poisoning.

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u/lastoflast67 Apr 07 '24

No it really depends on the hero, like spiderman for example wont get his ass kicked by like the lizzard but hes not invincible vs him. batman aswell is going to struggle against his rogues.

The only heros that go from invulnerable to on thier knees are the heros that are crazy powerful so writers need to give them a kryptonite to add stakes.

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u/Tenno24 War Woman Apr 07 '24

Except Cosmic Spiderman, he has no weaknesses (excluding The One Above All just erasing him)

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u/Donut_Police Apr 07 '24

He's spiderman, I'm sure his weakness is still and always will be debt or something of those nature.

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u/TEGCRocco Debbie Grayson Apr 08 '24

Spidey’s true kryptonite is editorial

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u/Tenno24 War Woman Apr 07 '24

He solved all of the world's debt

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u/Donut_Police Apr 07 '24

How about his marital status?

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u/mikelorme Apr 08 '24

Cosmic Paul:

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u/infamusforever223 Apr 07 '24

Or magic(he has no defense against magic).

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u/stuffsgoingon Apr 07 '24

That’s such a good point about superman lmao

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u/DMVRat Apr 07 '24

You making this reply leads me to think you don’t consume any other superhero media and just mindlessly think Invincible is unique in this regard

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u/LaeLeaps Invincidrip Apr 07 '24

invincible is probably the best about fights with stakes that you feel or making them feel "balanced" between sides

disclaimer i haven't seen a lot of animated shows about superheroes compared to the next fan, I've mostly read comics and seen live action movies, but I can see how animation can give more opportunity to have moments like these where someone really gets their bell rung or you feel the huge impact of a good smack

the invincible comic run definitely still stands out in this regard vs other superhero comics

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u/Frequent_Brick4608 Apr 07 '24

Yes! I love that strong characters can still get their bell rung and it actually staggers them.

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u/Reloader300wm Apr 07 '24

He dodged Darkwings batterang... I want to know more about those batterangs.

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u/WhiterunWarriorPrjct Apr 08 '24

You could chalk that up to styling or the batarang has a black hole in it. No in between.

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u/m8_is_me Donald Ferguson Apr 08 '24

Viltrumites' willpower is simply unmatched. He feels it... But he ain't stopping

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u/Aegillade Spawn Apr 07 '24

Considering he doesn't try this attack again, it looks like some kind of concentrated laser he can only use in short bursts, probably takes a considerable amount of energy to use. The laser itself is heavily concentrated, so it does more damage to the affected area at the cost of being harder to land. Even then, BB shrugged it off pretty easily

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u/IzodCenter Apr 07 '24 edited Apr 07 '24

Yeah reminds me of Iron man’s chest/arc reactor laser

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u/bradrlaw Apr 07 '24

Or the one shots he had in his hands that he used against the drones with war machine.

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u/m8_is_me Donald Ferguson Apr 08 '24

"it's a one-off."

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u/BenAffleck06969 Apr 07 '24

It also stunned him but hurt not really. Its burned some fur though

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u/Aegillade Spawn Apr 07 '24

I think he also just wasn't taking the fight seriously and was caught off guard when something managed to burn him. Like imagine fighting a group of 3rd graders and then one random jams a thumb tak into your arm

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u/SuperiorBlade36 Apr 07 '24

Idk why but this made me laugh so hard lmao

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u/IAMATruckerAMA Apr 07 '24

We've all been there

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u/PandasakiPokono Apr 08 '24

Oddly specific.

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u/trickster721 Apr 07 '24

Yeah, I assumed that out of desperation he just used up his entire power supply in one shot.

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u/SharknadosAreCool Titan Apr 08 '24

not only desperation but straight up anger and rage, this is right after monster girl gets fuckin obliterated and Rudy may not be in person but he still would have an emotional reaction to seeing the girl he loved get turned into a meat smoothie

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u/sgtshootsalot Mauler Twins (Original) Apr 07 '24

He used all of his suits power to save monster girl, and it slightly burned battle beast

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u/DrHypester Bulletproof Apr 07 '24

It's not the size of the laser in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the laser

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u/ThatOneGuy-74 Apr 07 '24

~Sun Tzu, The Art of War

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u/Plop7654 I’m in no hurry for you to lose this weight Apr 07 '24

https://preview.redd.it/3eet6xnt43tc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73392fc4d40b49da5600fb5adcd28398122dbfdc

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u/ProfSteelmeat138 Apr 07 '24

I think he knows a little more about fighting than you do, pal

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u/Plop7654 I’m in no hurry for you to lose this weight Apr 07 '24

I am him

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u/Mr_KrabbutwithaK Apr 07 '24

BECAUSE HE INVENTED IT

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u/vizzie_ Battle Beast Apr 08 '24

AND THEN HE PERFECTED IT SO THAT NO LIVING MAN COULD BEST HIM IN THE RING OF HONOR

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u/TonytheNetworker Atom Eve Apr 07 '24

Minor damage at most. Battle Beast proceeds to shrug it off and keep beating ass like nothing happened shortly after.

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u/lightiggy Apr 07 '24

“All that for a drop of blood.”

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u/Wild-Mushroom2404 Olga Apr 07 '24

“Tis but a scratch”

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u/West-Objective-6567 Apr 07 '24

“Nothing but a flesh wound”

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u/karateema Abraham Lincoln Apr 07 '24

If it bleeds we can kill it

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u/Drummk Green Ghost Apr 07 '24

"If it bleeds, we can kill it"

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u/megalogo Apr 08 '24

First degree burn at most, skin rash at mínimum

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u/mynameisarnoldharold Dupli-Kate Apr 07 '24

Battle Beast isn't...

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u/FancySatisfaction562 Omni-Drip Apr 07 '24

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u/lightningIncarnate Apr 07 '24

collab wave 2 trust 🙏

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u/SoDamnGeneric Apr 07 '24

I'd kill for a Rex skin

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u/EvilCatboyWizard Rex's Exploding Alphabet Magnets Apr 08 '24

As would I tbh

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u/Real_Reverse_Flash Apr 09 '24

Fun Fact: There's a character named Blakebeard in Stw that shares the same voice actor as Rex Splode

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u/Tgbtgbt Apr 07 '24

This meme is so stupid and i smile everytime...

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u/Low_Throat_4900 Apr 07 '24

Robot used his ultimate here

And it did minimal damage

This laser would probably melt a human instantly

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u/Mountain-Cycle5656 Sinister Invincible Apr 07 '24

“I said I felt it, not that it hurt” seems appropriate here.

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u/Flaky_Highway5868 Apr 07 '24

Looks more like missing fur

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u/batmanshypeman Battle Beast Apr 07 '24

Just gave him a bald spot

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u/brianundies Apr 07 '24

All that for a bad hair day

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u/ulfric_stormcloack Apr 07 '24

Just a very expensive laser hair removal

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u/Physical_Ad1163 The Viltrumites Apr 07 '24

I think it more knocked him back. It would be like getting pushed by somebody really really hard.

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u/schenkie17 Apr 07 '24

I mean the fur burned but didn’t break skin and he didn’t seemed phased

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u/gonegoat Apr 07 '24

He pretty definitively left that room saying everyone in it was a bunch of scrubs.

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u/Alocalskinwalker420 Battle Beast Apr 07 '24

“This battle is beneath me, you insects need to Git Gud.”

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u/JohnStonesIsGoat Allen the Alien Apr 07 '24

It just burnt his fur though. Viltrumites also seemingly do not have invincible hair cells, since omni man cuts his beard.

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u/MACHO_MUCHACHO2005 The Mauler Twins Apr 07 '24

Yet he tanks one of the most powerful lasers ever and doesn't lose a strand of hair.

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u/Marcarth Rex's Exploding Alphabet Magnets Apr 07 '24

Could you imagine if he spent the rest of season episode 7 and 8 essentially unharmed by the laser, but entirely hairless? He'd look unnerving.

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u/ulfric_stormcloack Apr 07 '24

The farts just have a slide

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u/WoofflesIThink Invincible Apr 10 '24

He'd probably look like a shredded Terrence Fletcher, and that's arguably more scary than Omni Man

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24

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u/One_Parched_Guy Apr 07 '24

This gave me the mental image of Nolan very deliberately plucking little mustache hairs to keep it in line

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '24

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u/mpc1226 Apr 08 '24

No thanks, I did it once for Allen and I don’t care to do it again.

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u/ExpiredMilknCheese Apr 07 '24

Not but a scratch

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u/Joe_Average_123 Apr 07 '24

A scratch? Your arm's off!

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u/Mr_Orange_The_Great Apr 07 '24

I've ad worse

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u/Joe_Average_123 Apr 07 '24

You liar.

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u/SeuJoaoDoSebrae Apr 07 '24

Come on, you pansy!

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u/Joe_Average_123 Apr 07 '24

Hyaa! Victory is mine. I thank thee O Lord in thy...

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u/player1_gamer Apr 07 '24

I want to see battle beast come back just so mark can get his hits back

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u/Knightmare_memer Apr 07 '24

Mark is a better fighter at this point, he wouldn't need to hold back against battle beast at all, and he's definitely stronger than their first fight.

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u/YeahhhhhWhateverrrr Apr 07 '24

Mark would still get wrecked.

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u/player1_gamer Apr 07 '24

I can see mark flying right towards him and getting smacked by his heavy weapon

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u/Appellion Show Fan Apr 07 '24

Agreed, Battle Beast never seems to start off a fight holding back. He goes all in and only relaxes his assault if it’s clear he’ll shred his opponent. If he’s still knocking them around and breaking them like cheap matchsticks, he’ll make some snarky remarks and take a walk.

Mark’s trained up since Machine Head, but Anissa still wiped the floor with him. And the comics have clearly shown Battle Beast would swallow her whole.

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u/obsessed_doomer Apr 08 '24

Why is the random furry OC character so cracked? The main point of the show so far is that almost nothing can stop a viltrumite... and just a big lion with a mace being an exception feels weird, especially when it was a relatively low-stakes battle.

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u/OramaBuffin Apr 08 '24

I love the meme of a level 10 boss randomly summoning a level 200 minion too much to have a problem with it.

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u/LaeLeaps Invincidrip Apr 07 '24

he should be coming back already next season, probably in the first few episodes

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u/Spacemonster111 Apr 08 '24

Mark stands zero chance against battle beast until the end of the series

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u/Careful-Medicine-470 Apr 07 '24

He’s literally smiling 😂

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u/240Nordey Damien Darkblood Apr 07 '24

You don't flinch when a wasp stings you?

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24

Dude, dont worry about power scaling. Also, looks like battle beast got a slight burn but thats about it

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u/timdr18 Apr 07 '24

Calling it damage feels a little generous, more like singed off some of his hair and gave him a sun burn

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u/Chub-bop The Immortal Apr 07 '24

Puny?! That was a whole Iron man chest blast

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u/thetinyone-overthere Apr 07 '24

It’s probably just the fur layering his skin being exposed. Cats look like wrinkly pink creatures furless

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u/gonegoat Apr 07 '24

It’s only a flesh wound.

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u/Reyne-TheAbyss Comic Fan Apr 07 '24

I have no idea why it happened, but it happened. It's an outlier that can be ignored for dramatic purposes.

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u/NoCourt5510 Nolan Grayson Apr 07 '24

I think this is the equivalent of battle beast accidentally touching a hot stove top.

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u/and_ovals Apr 07 '24

Burned his fur off, wouldn’t really call that damage tbh, he’s even smiling in the second pic

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u/Alternative_Jello_78 Apr 07 '24

gave him a sunburn lmao

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u/QwertyDancing Apr 07 '24

It was capable of burning his fur, not his skin

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u/KingSideCastle13 Apr 08 '24

Looks more like it just burned off some hair to me

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u/philosophic_insight Apr 08 '24

Don't underestimate robot, you have been warned.

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u/MR-Vinmu Martian Astronaut Apr 07 '24

This seemed like an all-or-nothing attack for Robot, this concentrated blast was probably stronger than the Hammer.

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u/Beneficial-Use493 Apr 07 '24

It most certainly is not stronger than the hammer. That's laughable.

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u/M0m033 Apr 07 '24

Robot had to hard carry everybody in that fight 😭

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u/XClankasX Apr 07 '24

why did i read this in rexes voice aha

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u/Taylor_Swift_Fan69 Apr 07 '24

maybe just burned some fur off

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u/TheWorstKy Apr 07 '24

Invincible is kind of like The Boys where if a normal human has a crowbar it can't hurt the supes but if a supe has a crowbar it's a genuine weapon.

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u/Baby_Putrid Apr 07 '24

seems to have just burned some fur and what looks to be beasts epidermis. the equivalent of a first degree burn that bro literally laughs off.

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u/Its_rev_ Apr 07 '24

Is more like a concentrated full power high tech laser from the smartest character in invincible was barely able to burn the fur off of battle beast

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u/dawichotorres Apr 07 '24

that's just burned hair

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u/Blackwyrm03 Apr 07 '24

The laser of that guard in the Viltrumite prison also knocks back Omni Man while the Hammer couldn't

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u/alvinaterjr Apr 07 '24

It probably caught him off guard more than anything to be fair lol

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u/Binx_Thackery Apr 07 '24

He was shot with the equivalent of someone sneaking up and using hair clippers on your head to make a bald spot. An annoyance at best, rage fulling at worst.

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u/lexiham Apr 07 '24

power levels have always been so vague. this comic really isn't meant to be analyzed this closely

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u/boltzmannman Apr 07 '24

I mean it only got rid of the fur lol

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u/King_0f_Nothing Apr 08 '24

It burnt his fur off. Didn't really damage him

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u/Naomi_SilverFang Apr 08 '24

Hey, we don't laser shame here 👀 Robot's just demonstrating it's how you use the laser

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '24

I just rewatched this scene. It doesn't hurt him even a little bit. It shoves him back a few feet, and he laughs at it. He doesn't even really flinch.

I'd say the laser did literally zero damage to him.

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u/BigotryAccuser Apr 08 '24

That color's what my dog's shaved spot looked like after his surgery. It's not even a flesh wound.

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u/VLenin2291 Cecil’s strongest Rexplode hater Apr 08 '24

In the same way sliding on a rug burns you, yes

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u/KillaMike24 Apr 08 '24

Yea and define damage. A superficial burn on his arm amount to nothing to my guy hahaha

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u/Mr-GooGoo Rudy Conners Apr 08 '24

My headcannon for the OP characters in Invincible is that their durability is dependent on how focused they are. Kinda like if you tense up before someone punches you in the stomach it hurts a lot less than if you’re relaxed.

Like obviously they’re still crazy durable, they’re just more susceptible to damage when relaxed

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u/Sensitive-Hotel-9871 Apr 08 '24

Robot is the world's smartest man. However, he still only caused a flesh wound.

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u/Liesmith424 Apr 08 '24

Well, it damaged his fur a little.

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u/Ayy_Teamo Viltrum Empire Apr 08 '24

It gave him the equivalent of a rope burn

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u/Mr_Mister2004 Apr 08 '24

Mosquitos can pierce your skin. Just saying.

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u/TheSynchroGamer Apr 08 '24

It's definitely foreshadowing of how strong robot will eventually become

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u/Visible_Video120 Apr 08 '24

About as much as a tattoo gun

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u/MutedIndividual6667 Get me pictures of Invincible! Apr 08 '24

It's a very concentrated attack, even with superhuman resistant cells, some are bound to die

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u/MehrunesDago Titan Apr 08 '24

Robot doing that was like him doing a Special Beam Cannon, shit can't happen twice in a row or quick

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u/karma_virus Apr 08 '24

If Battle Beast seeks a worthy challenge, why has nobody told him about this planet called Viltrum?

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u/Weatherwitchway Apr 08 '24

Is this a spoiler for latest episode? Should this have spoiler tag?

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u/suudowoodo Apr 09 '24

This is from season 1

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u/omage_man_5567 Apr 10 '24

A Little Damaged to the battle beast

the battle beast is stronger other alien & inhuman & superhuman

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u/MEEFmanLeeroy Apr 11 '24

It hardly damaged him. Burned his arm hair and made his skin a lil red, all robot did was essentially laser hair removal to this guy.

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u/im_nob0dy Apr 17 '24

There's also a brief clip where Robot flying kicks Battle Beast out of frame. It's not comic-accurate but they added things like this so that the fight wasn't completely one-sided.

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u/dildodicks Invincidrip Apr 20 '24

off-guarding is op, goku got damaged by a bullet once