Invincible 2x8 FINALE REACTION!! "I Thought You Were Stronger"

[@BlindWave]

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[@sombrashadow0013]

In the comic, it is actually Spider-Man. They have a whole crossover comic that is canon to the Invincible universe

[@Wouldyoukindly4545]

The mummy was a gag. He was breaking out in season one, and then Mark flies by too low and it collapses his tomb. Nolan even gives him crap about messing up the desert.

[@rain6957]

I am still hoping that if we don't get Wolf-Man that some kind of Mummy thing will be the substitute like Seance Dog is for Science Dog

[@lucasbroome1048]

@@rain6957 He'll show. He has a character model along with Best Tiger

[@Royal_Chief_Architect]

The sad nature of the power, it will always be dangerous. It’s up to him to make it useful and good.

[@nightnite6517]

I thought you were stronger really has a double meaning. One is what we literally see, Mark thinking Angstrom was stronger and that he wouldn’t kill him. Two is Mark talking to himself, thinking he was stronger than his Viltrumite urges. He doesn’t want to be his father

[@ryuhitsuya21]

I didnt think that would kill you and i didnt think i would kill you. What a thing to make the superman say

[@DarksideGmss0513]

In the comics Mark says "I thought I was stronger"

[@Sm0kingGun]

Kinda contradictory tho, isn't it..? If he thought Angstrom would be strong enough to take it, he hasn't given in to his Viltrumite urges. And if it was his intention to kill him, he wouldn't be surprised when Angstrom wasn't strong enough

[@Twigz72]

@@DarksideGmss0513no , he says “I thought you were stronger”

[@DarksideGmss0513]

@@Twigz72 must be a mandela effect because I thought for sure he said "I thought I was stronger"

[@themagicman6078]

In the comics Invincible actually does visit Spiderman and Batmans universe (on more then 1 occasion) but Sony has gotten really stingy with the license

[@coachred6872]

It sucks because there’s a pretty heartfelt moment between the two in the comics later and we’ll probably get it with Agent Spider instead

[@themagicman6078]

@coachred6872 ik what you're talking about, and I was actually looking forward to that

[@Chuumbo]

Spawn also makes an appearance in the comics as well

[@thedirtytowel3155]

wdym? its only the one crossover that i remember

[@ryanibarra4147]

actually Robert Kirkman said in an interview that they didn't even brother asking Marvel if they could use Spidey

[@firecat4529]

9:44 That's Omnipotus from Invincible 2x5. 8:20 Robert Kirkman created Invincible and the Walking Dead btw.

[@ThePandaaa]

They know both of those already!

[@MelancholicRobot42]

@@ThePandaaaIf they did they certainly didn’t seem to make the connection.

[@aephos.overwatch]

@@MelancholicRobot42 They could have, they did mention Kirkman's name in earlier reactions, but yeah other reactors pointed it out when the zombies showed up on-screen.

[@dannydashtv9418]

Josh Keaton voicing Agent spider is peak he also voiced black spider in YJ Also Invincible teamed up with Spider-Man in “Marvel team up Vol 3 #14” It explores what was going on with mark and spidey and Doc Ock before mark came back through the portal. Mark makes fun of the avengers to their faces In the Invincible comic we see mark fly into Doc Ock and Spideys glove then the shot of mark flying with webs on his back past Angstrom is pulled straight out of the comic panels I love that they teased the spidey cameo in the announcement teaser from last year by showing the cover of marvel team up on marks phone. Actually there’s a lot of cool Easter eggs that only make sense watching it now after the season is finished plus the Atom Eve special Ps that Batman Cameo was ripped from the comic as well but in the comic the sky is red like BTAS and mark actually says “Bat-Man” instead of pausing 😂

[@hirvale]

I guess he wants to cement himself as the quintessential bootleg spiderman 😂😂

[@darkest1assassin]

I just read it. He doesn’t say Batman. Other than the sky the quote is ripped directly from the comic. Back then it was a lot easier to get the rights to Spider-Man than Batman

[@natetheknight2809]

Josh Keaton also voiced the *actual* Spider-Man in “The Spectacular Spider-Man” show, and reprised his role for that one line in Across the Spider-Verse. (He’s also young Herc from Disney’s Hercules.)

[@dannydashtv9418]

@@natetheknight2809 yes….. that’s why it’s peak casting 😐

[@natetheknight2809]

@@dannydashtv9418 Agreed! Sorry, I didn’t get to the point in the vid where Aaron called it out. 😅

[@zrashad]

How they both instantly go into dance at 2:16 is amazing. More proof of the Crew's Hive Mind.

[@minusxero]

To quote another reactor: "So now things get started."

[@Strangian_]

pReview’d?

[@mathiaswalker350]

​@@Strangian_ yes

[@redfox3334]

I'm sad that Aaron didn't see that Chloe Bennett was a character in this episode. That would have made Eric so happy.

[@DarksideGmss0513]

Skye from Agent's of Shield. I forgor Eric has a crush on her.

[@vinsanity40k]

and her friend was none other than ella "jinx/lucy" purnell

[@sham00ly75]

As someone who immediately started reading the comic after this season finale, I can tell you, next season is gonna be EPIC.

[@yetibeardson1168]

Fuck yeah. From here on out it's basically non stop wild madness.

[@sh0ts420]

cant wait for freddie mercury

[@briangriffin77890]

it only gets better, the comic is AMAZING

[@nickmilo932]

I hope for the season 3 premiere they show up with glorious Viltrumite moustaches 😂

[@kslide1663]

when mark comes out the portal with the gun he uses as a bat, its directly ripped from fortnite, due to their crossover they had its very cool

[@firecat4529]

35:16 They call Robot "Rudolph Conners" aka "Rudy".

[@warrust]

so in some way, you can say that Angstrom is a Mark hater because of his own headcanon

[@jonreese7066]

I think Nolan is stronger and faster than Anissa. Chicago was just Nolan talking to his son. The Earth never saw Nolan in a serious fight. Remember the Flaxans

[@MontgomeryWenis]

And during that fight, Nolan punched Mark 60 miles into downtown Chicago and he was STILL moving fast enough to raze buildings to the ground AND dig a giant trench in the paved street several Chicago city blocks long. Anissa has done nothing of that caliber. But she is faster.

[@namishjain9238]

basically we have no way of knowing who is stronger/faster unless we actually see them fight they will fight in season 4 so there's that (although it'll be short and won't really tell much)

[@mbpoblet]

It was indeed Spider-Man in the books, and they had a whole cross-over. Mark meeting the Avengers after having met Spider-Man: _"Don't say anything... let me guess. Okay... using 'Spider-Man' as an indication of how you name yourselves... let's see here... Robot-Man. Claw-Man. Flag-Man. Fabio-Man. Bat-Woman. And, uh... Black-Man?"_ You can guess who each of them were. (I've put the answer after a few blank lines.) Answer: Iron Man, Wolverine, Captain America, Thor, Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), and Luke Cage.

[@GamerGrovyle]

Which issue was this? I completely missed that one for some reason.

[@mbpoblet]

@@GamerGrovyle Marvel Team-Up Vol. 3 #14, November 2, 2005 (cover date January 2006).

[@Itzchuffa]

I really hope season 3 doesn't take too long so excited for the future

[@jacobburns115]

The spiderman reference in the comics was an actual spiderman invincible crossover

[@owennelson5176]

7:50 That’s the Dragon Breath Sniper Rifle from Fortnite. Fortnite added Mark, Eve, and Omni Man to Fortnite when the second season came out back in November 2023

[@mbpoblet]

Mild spoilers: The guy with the hammer was Kid Thor, and the woman with the boxing gloves was Knockout. We haven't met them yet in the current timeline (nor seen any other reference to Capes Inc.), and given that we didn't see them in the Omnipotus team-up flashbacks, I'm not sure we ever will; their appearance this episode might have just been a one off nod to comic readers.

[@michaelredford5389]

When Mark lets loose, the music is heroic for a few seconds, but once he hits Langstrom to the ground and is covered in the blood... the music takes a quick tone change.

[@EdgarDiaz-pt4qx]

Cecil didn’t show up earlier because Angstrom cut the service connection as Mark got there so they would talk in private

[@brianburkhardt3692]

The line reading on “I think… I miss my wife.” Is so good. That acceptance and realization.

[@Freshwater121]

I love that we got bonus music video reaction

[@georgewillis592]

Really interesting seeing you guys talk about Rex being in the Robot suit and the questions you had. The 'clone' guy Aaron is talking about, they call him Rudy. Im not gonna say anything. But its interesting as a book reader

[@etetgg1364]

*comic reader

[@georgewillis592]

@etetgg1364 Potato potahto dude I dont care

[@EdgarDiaz-pt4qx]

@@etetgg1364 *graphic novel reader lol

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

If only Sony still had the television rights to Spider-Man. I think they would have let Amazon do the crossover properly.

[@ryuhitsuya21]

Hmmm. This discussion about viewing the totality of human evils and experiences through an outside perspective makes me want YuYu Hakusho even MORE

[@billbill6094]

It is actually Spider-Man and Doc Ock in the comic but Sony didn't let them use him in the animation. The web on Invincible's back was from when in the comic the actual Spider-Man tried to go to his dimension to help him, but the portal closed too fast. They couldn't use Spider-Man but they did bring legendary Spider-Man voice actor Josh Keaton to do the voice. His second spoof Spidey character, the first being in Young Justice, and he also reprised his role in Spider-verse 2 so the multiverse joke works on multuple levels.

[@TheGoauldApophis]

Sony doesn't have the tv/streaming series animation rights.

[@kobewankenobi248]

*The guy with the hammer is Kid Thor. The woman with the boxing gloves is called Knockout. Can’t say much else without giving the story away*

[@thedarkknight2221]

As much as I wish Mark could have a normal life, as long as the threat of the Viltrumites remains, that just won’t be possible. He needs to do what Gohan should’ve done between the Cell and Buu sagas and train and train and train until he’s strong enough to that he can hold off the Viltrumites along with the Coalition.

[@Gearzilla117]

14:18 "Tell me me" made me spit my drink out. damn you aaron. now i need to clean my laptop

[@jonreese7066]

Ok unless angstrom got lazy he should have been prepared to fight Invincible but Mark beat him easily so Mark must be stronger than his counterparts

[@ewan0707]

So Eric didn't realize that Chloe Bennett was in this episode? 😅

[@aephos.overwatch]

_"I... am not... the vchillhian"_ *proceeds to be the villain* Least self-aware invincible villain.

[@natetheknight2809]

6:15 One of the most telling moments in the episode for me. Later on, Angstrom asks “what kind of mother *lies* to her son like that?” Well, probably the same type of parent that was going to tell *his* son the exact same thing. One that cares. How far he fell…

[@nathaniellee5277]

I think he was talking to Angstrom when he said I thought you were stronger

[@MontgomeryWenis]

Cecil couldn't check in. Angstrom jammed the signal in the beginning of the fight. He wasn't taking forever, Calvin. 🤦🏼

[@internetperson573]

It took me this long to realize Robot is Mr. Spock from the kelvin timeline Star Trek movies how cool is that

[@MontgomeryWenis]

Yeah, and he was the one to say "This isn't Star Trek" in the episode where they escaped from Mars.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

I hope Season 3 doesn't split the eight episodes in half, even if it'll take over five years.

[@GriffinModzelewski]

Been waiting a week for this reaction!!!

[@GameDragon2k]

The best part about Angstrom, is that at the end of the day, in his own twisted way, he proved his point. Even this reality Mark is completely capable of murder. In the end, there is no version of Invincible that isn't a killer.

[@Angeal241]

I like to think the quote I thought you were stronger was because it means Mark increased his output by a not significant amount without realizing one or 2% more would’ve made that much of a difference.

[@blaizeadisek4376]

“Stop threatening my family!” Gives me chills every time

[@popeye697]

In the comics, it was Spiderman and Doc Ock

[@silentreactor97]

This is probably my favorite episode in the entire show. Steven Yeun is delivering an Emmy Worthy Performance right here.

[@maraudous]

Love how Calvin’s reference at 26:19 we actually saw this happen in Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull when the lady tried to learn everything 😂

[@isaacc1373]

I think that rex is given those lines to be like Rudy to not let invincible know in order to not mess up the timeline. Like he said they all talked about not saying to disrupt it. So I think it's funny that Erik says "those are lines I would give to robot" because I think they were. Something important to tell invincible but he would know robot to say something like that is most likely.

[@Belnick6666]

he could only open portals to other places, so if on earth he could not open a teleport to another place on earth, it was explained earlier, but he did it anyway, did the writers forget?

[@jfoster8624]

No he simply can't open portals unless he knows the exact location he already opened multiple portals on earth in episode 1 when he hooked up the machine

[@Avatarconner]

So there was a crossover between invincible and spiderman during the comic run. It’s in marvel team up, which was written by Robert kirkman at the time and he just pitched this fun little crossover to marvel and they actually said yes.

[@davidnobre5660]

"YOU THINK... YOU CAN THREATEN... MY MOTHER?!"

[@bigpictureguys8415]

15:25 exactly. 🤦🏼‍♂️ Mark I know determining “who the bad guys” are is a dangerous road to go down philosophically, but give me a break. Sometimes it’s not that complicated dude

[@SnowmanTF2]

I still question Levy being reliable of percentages Mark went evil, even before the mind merge. His alternates had no powers, so there was no reason to tell him if something was going on. In a universe with Nolan and Mark on earth, the empire is either going to conquer the planet or destroy it. So any attempt by one or both to delay/minimize-deaths/subvert the conquest is going to look like basic conquest; plus by vitimite standards of time the decades of time Nolan is on earth is short, so the months of time Mark has had powers is trivial, so there probably are ways to stall. Even in the show's primary universe Cecil tried multiple times to get Mark to claim he was going to accept the task. Then if you look at the message to earth on a loop, it seems more what viltrimites would want to hear, than something a person who grew up on earth might believe would convince humans to join them.

[@ironrocker100]

This is a fantastic point that I hadn't thought of. We really can't fully judge the actions of all these Mark's, I mean clearly the ones shown in the episode are evil but there must be Marks who only work with the viltrumites as a play to stop them.

[@MercenaryX84]

Bring on the Agent Spider series

[@BeyondTrash-xe1vs]

I would unironically love that lol

[@ronin8471]

Robot/Rudy/Rex? Telling Eve that professing her love to Marc would mess up the time stream is rich considering that that's exactly what is going to happen by sending Marc back. So what does it matter?

[@DJPrimeAmvs]

A spare Kate in the trunk

[@tophfan]

Attack on Titan did lose momentum but not where you are thinking. It lost a huge momentum, between season 1 and 2 due to it coming out 4 years later. Later in season 3 and 4 it got back its momentum but it was HUGE HUGE in the anime communities back in season 1

[@Blue_Lightning33]

Sadly they couldn’t get the rights to spider man, so we have Agent Spider. Although I wouldn’t mind a full on crossover between invincible and Agent Spider

[@freddyfantastic7456]

Spoiler from the comics why they called future Robot Rex and not Rudy … … … That is actually Rudy, in the future Rex is dead after sacrificing himself and Rudy started using the name Rex to honor him after that

[@JoshTB007]

Show is so good

[@J0ECRAWF15H]

It may not have been Rex. she may of just been calling Robot Rex. because he looks like Rex now, after having grown up.

[@bigpictureguys8415]

11:24 that’s the 2nd time a clasped hands striking down on a chest have caused a major blood spurt. Where exactly is that coming from? The chest?

[@isessogroup]

What was this woman doing this whole time?!! DupliKate probably knows more things about Red Dead 2 than we will ever imagine

[@marcosanchez8656]

They call him Rex not Rudy and Rex and Rudy have different r voice actors😂 Erin’s speculations make me so mad sometimes

[@briantidwell651]

I’ve watched a ton of these and some asshole always ruins the ending with a single question “which one?”… I thought for sure, it would end up being the chucklehead on the right

[@walak6832]

Many people argue that Nolan doesn’t deserve to miss Debbie but now i see more the pet comparison to meaning from the get go he went in the relationship knowing shed last a tiny part of his life. But yet we can totally love someone knowing it cant be for your whole life

[@unxprienced9548]

The man in Robot's suit is original Rex. Rex and Robot have two different VA's.

[@krilo464]

How many birds did Mark obliterate during that flying session?🤔

[@spicyryne23]

Fun fact the zombie world is the walking dead both made by kirkman. And one scene he hits angstrom with a fortnite gun

[@AP-vi4cj]

11:05 The Punisher laughing the corner. Dude literally take beating till his enemy is tired and then kills him.

[@LudusAurea]

JP3 was stupid but it did include yet more stuff from the books that wasn’t included in the first 2..

[@bigpictureguys8415]

15:01 you think it’s Rex Rex? I figured that was Rudy grown up.

[@nickmilo932]

I LOVE Eric's shirt!!

[@MK68-419]

Honestly, I think its a *little* cute that they ALL as a family have a black eye lol.

[@flaggerify]

Why wasn't Mark's mother's house better guarded?

[@brettthebest3978]

This is the first reaction I seen where they don’t yell at the baby to do something

[@zrashad]

It only gets better from here folks! can't wait for s3.

[@bigpictureguys8415]

4:17 Debbie got hands! Someone draft her to the NFL

[@josephdavis9234]

In this episode, Mark... gets vinced.

[@Greenhawk4]

this episode really didn't even feel like a finale.

[@zkeletonz001]

Yeah Kate's death was always suspicious.

[@pranavshah1894]

I know Rick gonna say which wife 😂😂🤣🤣

[@knotshimi]

You know, watching this season finale again after watching the Ninja Kamui season finale.... well, the difference in quality and well.. everything comical 😂😂😂

[@donovan802]

I HIGHLY recommend checking out Mauricio’s aka Browntable’s channel. He’s great with film, cartoon, and tv discussions AND because Arachnid Boy is voiced by Josh Keaton (who did Spectacular Spider-Man), Mauricio actually reanimated the scene to have Spectacular Spider-Man in there, and it looks great!

[@tonyoli5240]

How did you guys not leave in the most important line and you know THE NAME OF THE EPISODE??!!!

[@117dragonking]

When Angstrom said he had never encountered any alternate Oliver, I had a theory as to why there's only one good Invincible and the rest are evil. What if the reality we follow was the only one where Nolan abandoned his post on earth? Allen said viltrumites never do that, so it's unlikely that EVERY Nolan would, in fact, 1 in 1,000 of ANY Nolans did. That would mean that the alternate Marks either joined Nolan, or were killed by him. I don't think it's likely that our Mark was the only one who rebelled. It's more like he's the only rebel who survived.

[@lykan2]

Is Chainsaw alright? Also "Zombie World?!" I know, crazy right? Like there is an entire Franchise from a certain someone!

[@kevinkovacs3131]

There is Invincible X Spiderman comic crossover so do they know about that?

[@formil__4587]

i dont think so

[@gapsule2326]

Now they do

[@mathewdelamere1]

Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim is about Dune. Christopher Walken dancing in the music video and then years later plays the Emperor in the film.

[@cg3win727]

When is Dune Part 2 reaction?

[@marshsundeen]

Rudy is Robot currently.

[@k0bra3eak40]

So taht was actually Spider-Man Kirkman was writing Marvel team-up at the time, so he used that oppurtunity to do a whole ass crossover with Spider-Man like not just the brief appearance here. He also meets a few other Avengers in the comic including Captain America, Ms Marvel, Sentry, Iron Man and some others

[@Monitionmetal]

Fun EE: Somewere during the fight Invicible came back through a portal with a strange looking gun (sniper rifle with a skin). This is a Fortnite skin/reference/EE

[@mejestin]

superheroes cross over: they used to appear for short time, pop their unique situation and way of handling problems, and mostly show how they have good heart and willing to help others if they prove not to be villains.. in the comix of invincable like any other superheroes from that year... spiderman end up learning invincible is good, invincible help him take doc.oc and spiderman offer to join invincible to help him with ankstrom levi. when invincible fly over the portal spidey plan to follow him, stuck a web to his back and the portal close and cut the webbing (thats why invincible cameback with web on his back in the show)

[@michaelredford5389]

That scene with Mark/Eve, the "you don't deserve this" scene. I can't look at it an not think of Miles/Gwen in across the spider verse, with the cityscape and framing of it all.

[@jeyrm]

I don't mind mid season breaks 4 and 4 episodes is cool But with Shingeki no Kyojin, the funny thing is the season 5 part 1 of the mid season part 3 😂

[@jollyrayda]

Guys, if it helps - Christopher Walken trained in dance, and worked on Broadway with people like Liza Minnelli until he moved to stage and screen 🙂

[@Jamie2-]

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[@xavierfreeman3611]

This is the first reaction of anything else outside of the Kendrick - Drake beef that I’ve experienced. I feel like I’ve come back from vacation

[@justinehercthehuman]

The writers could have strengthened Angstrom Levy as a character if he said a line referring to Mark eventually turning evil in other dimensions that it is an inevitable for him so it's better to take him out while he's still soft. Plus a flashback of Mark being a good guy that betrays him. Would make him less of a lost deluded villain.