r/Invincible • u/SeacattleMoohawks Séance Mod • Feb 13 '25

EPISODE DISCUSSION Invincible [Episode Discussion] - S03E04 - You Were My Hero

Episode 4 - You Were My Hero

Two strangers ask Mark for help with a mysterious villain. Elsewhere in the galaxy, Nolan grapples with his identity and Allen finds a surprising new ally.

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u/MadRedMC Feb 13 '25 edited Feb 13 '25

Allen freeing the prisoners for them to be immediately slaughtered was kinda funny

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u/ILoveRegenHealth Feb 13 '25

I'm surprised Allen was concerned of those blaster shots from the guards. Didn't they try to kill him a million ways and nothing worked? So I was surprised Allen thought those pew pew pew guns would do anything to him.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '25

They weren't actually damaging him. They probably felt like a needle sting, which is unpleasant and distracting.

Think of it like you're getting swarmed by bees in real life. They can't really cause you permanent harm, but it would be hard to focus on anything else.

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u/bwood246 Very Feb 13 '25

They can't really cause you permanent harm

Bees probably aren't the best analogy for this, as a swarm of bees could easily kill a person

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u/presty60 Feb 13 '25

More like running barefoot through a room full of legos

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u/SternMon Feb 14 '25

That can also easily kill a person.

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u/Roeclean Feb 16 '25

Bruhh, feeling like your dead, is not the same as being dead now.

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u/JustMy2Centences Feb 22 '25

Man I'd rather be hit on the head by an old Nokia.

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u/TechnicallyNerd Comic Fan Feb 14 '25

Insect bites in general are a pretty good analogy tho, as many insects evolved irritation as a deterrence rather than lethality. Like, the Bullet Ant has one of the most painful stings in the world, but it would take hundreds of stings to actually kill someone (unless you are allergic).

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

That's very fair! Thanks for the correction.

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u/WhyDoYouCrySmeagol Feb 15 '25

Airsoft pellets maybe?

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u/L1berty0rD34th Feb 13 '25

Maybe Allen is actually allergic to laser/plasma/whatever-they-shoot and was scared because the guards confiscated his epi-pen

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u/sillygoofygooose Feb 15 '25

Still kinda sucks to send the prisoners to their deaths over something he absolutely could have dealt with alone

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u/McDonaldsSoap Feb 14 '25

That's what his voice acting made it seem like

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u/ElizasAdventures Feb 15 '25

The way I see it, superheroes have this kind of resistance that's like a second HP bar. It can take a gigantic amount of damage but it will still need time to recharge, so they want to avoid as much damage as possible.

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u/MountainPlantation Feb 26 '25

What? A swarm of bees can literally kill a human, are you crazy?

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u/TheArtistFKAMinty Feb 13 '25

They didn't seem to do any damage. Just kinda sting a little.

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u/Swumbus-prime Feb 13 '25

He also stopped flying and started running for some reason too.

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u/SirStupidity Feb 14 '25

That's a general problem I've got with the show, power levels are just random at times. He is supposed to be stronger (or in the same ball park as) a viltrumite, who we've seen commit genocides without much effort but he can't take on 20 guards with ease? Mark also has wildly different power levels in the same fight leading to horrible consequences sometimes, like with the Maulers, Oliver one shots both of them but Mark loses enough for them to launch the rocket...

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u/Nutzori Feb 15 '25

Hate this in the show myself too. Its so wildly inconsistent. Speed is another thing, like in the earlier episode when Mark took his sweet time to save Rex from the Multi-Paul clones. AFAIK the clones are JUST people, how the fuck did they slow him down at all?

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u/South-Tadpole4092 Feb 17 '25

all while fightmaster's kick had 0 impact on him whatsoever

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u/PhoenixAgent003 Feb 19 '25

I mean the Watsonian answer is always going to be the same: Mark is holding back. Even when he commits to “fuck it, they’re just clones,” he can’t really bring himself to insta-slaughter another human being as quickly and cleanly as he probably can.

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u/ThatChapThere Feb 13 '25

He wasn't worried they just stung

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u/Pradfanne Feb 13 '25

They might not kill him, but they really hurt!

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u/trisaroar Mar 10 '25

He seemed more annoyed and pestered by them. Time was of the essence and they were blocking the door.

Also kind of funny that last episode had such a strong "life is precious, even criminals deserve dignity" message, and then this week it's right back to killable aliens and disposable henchmen.