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"We got us a mad scientist fight!"
A.I.M. Scientist

For a show primarily about a vilain who's something of a Loser Protagonist and his family drama, it nonetheless brings the badass sometimes.


  • For all M.O.D.O.K.'s failures, you have to admire his willingness to keep going. No respect, a failing marriage, and problems at work... but M.O.D.O.K. keeps going.
  • Turning Asgard into a garbage dump in one episode is terribly petty, but given how the Asgardians are Sufficiently Advanced Alien types, it's funny and impressive both to see M.O.D.O.K. of all people managing to kill one with nothing more than, effectively, illegal dumping.
  • When past!M.O.D.O.K seemingly kills present!M.O.D.O.K., Jodie responds by tearing him in two lengthwise, then follows it up by ripping parts out of him so Melissa can use them to repair M.O.D.O.K.
  • The biggest CMOA of the series, though, goes to Monica, and involves the above-mentioned mad scientist fight. Monica, finally fed up with M.O.D.O.K.'s stupidity, decides to throw down with him. A.I.M. scientists gather to watch the show with the above-mentioned shout, and the two end up posing pre-battle like it's a Fighting Game, Monica in a Bring It pose while M.O.D.O.K.'s got his saws out. The fight starts with Monica's forcefield gauntlets against M.O.D.O.K.'s saws in a Blade Lock, and it only escalates from there. While M.O.D.O.K. manages to get a few good hits in, primarily with exploding, screaming clones of himself and a Freeze Ray, Monica mostly dominates their fight, manhandling her superior and former idol. Special mention goes to suplexing him while she's stuck as a child and he's a monkey, as well as using Cammy's Spiral Arrow in the 2D phase to knock them both back into 3D.
    • Notably, this fight is so one-sided in Monica's favor that it convinces HEXUS that Monica is the key to their plans, not M.O.D.O.K.

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