Discussion WesternAnimation / Megamind

Why would you want to remove the spoiler tags? there isn't that many spoilered out sections on the page

I'm referring to the Tropes A-L and Tropes M-Z pages. But since it was split into 3 pages, I posted the discussion question on each one.

Not many on those either

(I was referring to the page as a whole including sub-pages but I see how I worded it wrong)

Tropes A-L had contained over 80+ spoiler tags. Or rather it did. They have been removed.

It's not the number of spoilered sections but the percentage of the page, any work with a large number of entries is going to have a large amount of spoilers

Not following your logic. This issue isn't how many but are they even necessary anymore for a film that's 8 years old. Moot point as they have now been removed.

There are enough works that are older than Megamind and still have spoilers on. I don't think the age of the movie/work is a valid reason to simply remove spoilers, at least in this case. It's been just little more than a decade since this movie came out, I think?

I personally agree with you, but in the flashback sequences what we are essentially seeing is not "recorded footage" like a security system, but Megamind's subjective memories. I wouldn't be a bit surprised people see him as an Unreliable Narrator because of that.

But frankly, people tend to forget that the WHOLE REST OF THE MOVIE is ALSO a flashback, and even though Megamind isn't necessarily narrating, it's still his memories and/or constructions from what people told him. Megamind apparently has no problem revealing himself to be a lying jerk in those parts, and seems to give Metro (Music) Man a pretty fair evaluation as well. That's the main reason why I believe Megamind is a reliable narrator. Metro Boy was a jerk - kids can be jerks.

I wouldn't say so, I'm pretty sure the writers didn't really take the whole flashback thing into consideration, after all we see the story from multiple points of view. For example when Roxanne is on her balcony and Titan interrupts her. Megamind has no way of knowing this even happened so it couldn't have been his flashback. Also when Roxanne is looking at the Metro man statue and talking to herself, Megamind wouldn't have known this either.

"Actually, it IS Tighten, since the name appears on the official website for the film."

Did you see the film?

Megamind calls him "Titan" - even writes it out. Titan burns the word "TITANVALE" into the ground.

Funny, everyone IN THE FILM called him T-I-T-A-N.

Although I do think "Tighten" sounds stupid myself.

Actually it seems interchangeable because while it's intended to be spelled "Titan" Hal spells it "Tighten" when he writes "Titanville" on the city. Just look at the clip on the site and you'll see what I mean.

I'm assuming Hal spelling it "Tighten" was a joke about his stupidity/ignorance.

I think it's also a reference to the idea that the supposed hero name was corrupted just as Hal was by power.

Yeah, I thought Hal mispelled it like an idiot. Megamind's notes that Roxanne is studying eventually spell out "TITAN", and the name sounds like something Megamind would pick out for his new nemesis.

In the credits it's spelled Tighten, when Hal wrote it with his laser eyes he spelled it Tighten. In fact, the ONLY time it's spelled Titan is when Roxanne saw the notes, and keep in mind they were written by the same guy that mispronounces %5 of what he speaks. I agree that "Tighten" is a pretty stupid name for a hero, but Megamind also said that it's the only name he could get rights to, leading me to think he was Writing Around Trademarks.

You forget that in every online press release, encyclopedia, summary, listing, and review, his name is spelled Titan.

This is an interesting point, though. If it's his name and he spells it "Tighten" but he meant "Titan", which one is it? I think the latter, but it is an interesting thing to think about.

Online press releases, encyclopediae, summaries, listings, and reviews are hardly ever dependable to be accurate, as they were not made by the writers of the movie.

Official websites, too.

He himself changed the name because he's so stupid

Exactly, the commentary explained that Hal was so stupid he couldn't spell his own superhero name.

I...but....in one part of the film, he's burning the name into the city....but he spells it wrong.

Hence "tighten" ?

Personally I thought it was supposed to imply that Hal was either not thinking clearly or just stupid.

He's pretty stupid. I mean, he rented an inflatable castle for a romantic date.

It was a joke on his intelligence. Think about it, people, Megamind picked the name out, right? He'd want something pretentious and over-the-top for his new arch-enemy's name. "Titan" fits the bill. "Tighten" does not.

While I still think it's also a corruption of his name like he's a corrupted hero, we get the intelligence joke better with his comment on how there's no Santa Clause, Tooth Fairy, or Queen of England.

The way I understand it is this:

The name Megamind trademarked is "Titan." As in the Greek mythology characters. Thus, the way he spelled it is the correct way, as seen in the notes Roxie sees. Hal is stupid, as evidenced by the the whole line about "lying to Space Step-mom!" and renting the bouncy castle. Hal spelled it incorrectly because he is stupid.

Hal is not "Titan" Megamind wanted. He has become something else entirely - therefore, Rouge Angles of Satin complement and finalize his Rage Against the Mentor and Eviler than Thou.

So, it's supposed to be symbolic? Like, he's changing his own name in order to not be the person Megamind wanted him to be?

Yes. See ztaran's comment above us.

Any superhero-inspired title has potential for a spin-off.

True, but in some cases, like this one, it's a much more fun possibility.

Ape Entertainment already has the rights to turn Mega Mind into a comic book. They already released the first issues.