Invincible 3: The Hero Within Part 2 (2024 Film)

Invincible 3: The Hero Within Part 2 is an 2024 adult animated superhero film Based on the Image Comics series of the same name by Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley, it is the sequel to Invincible 2: The Hero Within Part 1 (2023). The film follows after saving Thraxa, Mark must stop old and new threats and must defeat An Invasion of The Sequids, The Lizard League, and Angstrom Levy, who vows revenge on Mark for leaves him with a mutated brain and also his relationships.
Quote: His Greatest Challenge Continues!
== Cast ==
* Markus Sebastian "Mark" Grayson / Invincible (voiced by Steven Yeun): The eponymous main character. After developing his powers at 17 years old, Mark discovers the harsh realities of being a superhero while struggling to define himself along with a berserker-esque rage that manifests as a result of his Viltrumite heritage. Additionally, he has worked with the Teen Team before they become the new Guardians of the Globe.
* Deborah "Debbie" Grayson (voiced by Sandra Oh): Mark's mother and Nolan's wife and an experienced real estate agent who was once long adjusted to being a superhero's spouse.
* Nowl-Ahn / Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voiced by J. K. Simmons): Mark's father and Debbie's husband. Born on the planet Viltrum to a super-powered alien race known as the Viltrumites, Omni-Man's parents died in his youth before he joined the Viltrum Empire's intergalactic expansion several thousand years ago. After arriving on Earth 20 years prior to the series, Omni-Man is considered the most powerful superhero on the planet with a civilian identity of a rich travel writer.
* Samantha Eve "Sam" Wilkins / Atom Eve / Phase One (voiced by Gillian Jacobs as a teen/young adult, Jazlyn Ione as a preteen, and Aria Kane as a child): A matter/energy manipulating superheroine, former member of the Teen Team, and an invitee to join the new Guardians of the Globe roster who refuses to join the latter group after learning her teammate and ex-boyfriend Rex Splode cheated on her with teammate Dupli-Kate. Struggling to find self-meaning, she chooses to help people directly with humanitarian actions.
* William Francis Clockwell (voiced by Andrew Rannells): Mark's best friend and civilian confidant who is homosexual.
* Global Defense Agency (GDA): A clandestine organization that organizes global superhero responses and utilizes advanced technology in expediting their recovery or resuscitation after death.
** Cecil Stedman (voiced by Walton Goggins): The director of the GDA who possesses a long-range personal teleporter and inducts Invincible at the start of his hero career.
** Donald Ferguson (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos): A high-ranking GDA agent who serves directly under Cecil Stedman. After being killed by Omni-Man, his brain was transferred to a robotic endoskeleton made in his image.
* Guardians of the Globe (new roster): Heroes who were formerly of the Teen Team merged with other experienced heroes with diverse skill sets.
** The Immortal (voiced by Ross Marquand): A millennia-old superhero and former leader of the original Guardians who was once an unnamed Celtic warrior before he was exposed to a cosmic anomaly that rendered him functionally immortal unless he is decapitated. Over the years, he went on to fight in the Crusades and become Abraham Lincoln before forming the Guardians. In the first season, the Immortal is killed twice by Omni-Man, but the Mauler Twins revive him after his first death while the GDA help him recover following his second death. In the second season, Cecil Stedman assigns the Immortal to replace Robot as the new Guardians' leader, enters a relationship with fellow Guardian Dupli-Kate, and becomes distrustful of Invincible due to his experience with Omni-Man.
** Rudolph "Rudy" Connors / Robot (voiced by Ross Marquand and Zachary Quinto, respectively): A deformed individual with a condition that causes outside air to burn his lungs who is forced to live in a pod, operates a series of drones, and has a sizable personal fortune. Using "Robot", Connors formerly led the Teen Team before creating a new Guardians of the Globe roster. Amidst this, he uses Rex Splode's DNA and the Mauler Twins' expertise in cloning to make a new teenage body (also voiced by Marquand) for himself before euthanizing his original body. In the second season, Connors is replaced by the Immortal as the Guardians' leader.
** Rex Sloan / Rex Splode (voiced by Jason Mantzoukas): An incorrigible superhero who can charge potential energy into anything he touches to create explosives and a former member of the Teen Team who is selected to join the new Guardians roster. Following Omni-Man's betrayal, Rex matures and grows closer to the team.
** Katherine "Kate" Cha / Dupli-Kate (voiced by Malese Jow): A self-replicating superheroine and former member of the Teen Team who is selected to join the new Guardians roster. All Kates are numbered, with the prime Kate being numbered "1". She also has a telepathic link with her doubles, which causes her to feel what they feel.
** Rachel / Shrinking Rae (voiced by Grey Griffin): A size-manipulating superheroine who is selected to join the new Guardians roster.
** Amanda / Monster Girl (voiced by Grey Griffin): A cursed superheroine whose powers allow her to transform into a powerful masculine ogre (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson), but gradually makes her younger each time she does so. She begins the series at 24 years old chronologically and 12 physically.
** Markus Grimshaw / Black Samson (voiced by Khary Payton): An original Guardian from the team's early days who left after losing his powers. Donning an armored super-suit to continue as a hero, he joins the new roster as the veteran voice. After being hospitalized by Battle Beast, his powers return to accelerate his recovery and he shelves his armor.
** Zandale Randolph / Bulletproof (voiced by Jay Pharoah): A superhero who is impervious to harm and can fly. He is invited by Cecil Stedman to join the Guardians of the Globe.
** The Shapesmith (voiced by Ben Schwartz): A Martian with shapeshifting abilities who took the place of astronaut Rus Livingston and masquerades as a human superhero.
* Amber Justine Bennett (voiced by Zazie Beetz): Mark's insightful classmate and girlfriend.
* The Mauler Twins (both voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson): Two blue-skinned, hyper-powerful, super-genius superhumans and long-time adversaries of the original Guardians. Despite their name, they are not actual twins but clones of each other, with each claiming to be the original while the other is a clone.
* Killcannon (voiced by Fred Tatasciore): A supervillain with an arm-mounted laser cannon, and an enemy of Invincible and Atom Eve.
* Arthur "Art" Rosenbaum (voiced by Mark Hamill): A superhero suit tailor and long-time friend to many superheroes, such as Omni-Man. After helping Debbie uncover the truth about Omni-Man, Art joins her in falling into a drunken depression.
* Adam Wilkins (voiced by Fred Tatasciore): Eve's abusive adopted father who vocally disapproves of her being a superhero and wants her to be normal.
* Elizabeth "Betsy" Wilkins (voiced by Grey Griffin): Eve's soft-spoken adopted mother who acts as a buffer between her husband and daughter.
* Angstrom Levy (voiced by Sterling K. Brown): A man who can create portals to other dimensions. He gathers several alternate universe variants of himself in the hopes of adding their knowledge to his own and improve his world, only to be forced to end the process early, which leaves him with a mutated brain. Driven mad due to his variants' memories, he vows revenge on Invincible.
* Kursk (voiced by Ross Marquand): A Russian electrokinetic supervillain.
* Lizard League: A gang of lizard-themed supervillains.
** King Lizard (voiced by Scoot McNairy): The son of Queen Lizard who was formerly known as Prince Lizard and succeeded his mother as leader of the Lizard League.
** Salamander (voiced by Phil LaMarr): A namesake-themed member.
** Iguana: A namesake-themed member.
** Komodo Dragon: A namesake-themed member.
** Supreme Lizard (voiced by Fred Tatasciore): A Lizard League member who tried to take over while King Lizard was incarcerated until he is killed by him.
* Paul (voiced by Cliff Curtis): Debbie's fellow real-estate agent.
* The Coalition of Planets: A collection of alien races gathered together to fight against the Viltrumites.
** Allen the Alien (voiced by Seth Rogen): An assessor of member world candidates for the Coalition, whose homeworld was destroyed by the Viltrumites.
** Thaedus (voiced by Peter Cullen): The founder and leader of the Coalition.
** Telia (voiced by Tatiana Maslany): Allen's girlfriend and a decorated general in the Coalition with a zero-tolerance policy for Viltrumite aggression.
* Lucan (voiced by Phil LaMarr): A Viltrumite warrior.
* Nuolzot (voiced by Rob Delaney): A shapeshifting insectoid alien from the planet Thraxa and one of Nolan's subjects.
* Andressa (voiced by Rhea Seehorn): Nolan's second wife, an inhabitant of Thraxa, and the mother of Mark's half-brother.
* General Kregg (voiced by Clancy Brown): A high-ranking Viltrumite general.
* Oliver Grayson (voiced by Lincoln Bodin): The Viltrumite/Thraxan son of Omni-Man and Andressa and Mark's half-brother.
* April Howsam (voiced by Calista Flockhart): A nanny hired by Debbie to take care of Oliver.
* Anissa (voiced by Shantel VanSanten): A female Viltrumite.
* Filip Schaff (voiced by Tim Robinson): The creator of Seance Dog.
* D.A. Sinclair (voiced by Eric Bauza): A mad scientist with an obsession for "improving" humanity who, to this end, created zombified cyborg supersoldiers known as "Reanimen". After his Reanimen overwhelm Invincible, Cecil Stedman hires Sinclair to mass-produce more to fight Omni-Man and counter the Viltrumite's impending invasion.
* Peter Parker / Agent Spider (voiced by Josh Keaton): A web-shooting superhero from an alternate universe Angstrom throws Mark into. He is based on Peter Parker/Spider-Man, adapting his role from the Invincible crossover issue of Marvel Team-Up. Keaton previously voiced Spider-Man in the animated series The Spectacular Spider-Man, the video games Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Edge of Time, and Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and the film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
== Plot ==
Two months pass, as Mark is still on Thraxa, aiding the Thraxans in rebuilding their cities from the damage caused by the Viltrumite invaders. When he returns to Earth, he brings his brother as Andressa is dying of old age. At the GDA, Donald confronts Cecil about his death; Cecil reveals he recovered Donald's still-intact brain and resurrected him by placing it an advanced robot body. After Mark reunites with Amber and William, the Guardians discover a Martian ship heading for Earth, forcing Shapesmith to reveal his alien identity and the fact that the Sequid hive mind is coming to conquer Earth. Cecil recruits Mark and Eve, the latter deciding to become a hero again after Rex comforts her, to join the Guardians on a mission to infiltrate the Martian ship and prevent the Sequid invasion. Rex, Dupli-Kate, and Shrinking Rae, the only Guardians on Earth following the team's departure, are sent by Cecil to confront the Lizard League, whom King Lizard has led to hijack nuclear missiles for ransom. Only Rex and King Lizard survive the ensuing fight, but Rex loses a hand and is held at gunpoint by King Lizard. On the Martian ship, the Guardians are quickly discovered by the Sequids and are on the verge of being overwhelmed by their sheer numbers. Allen recovers from his injuries and discovers his body has greatly physically evolved. Thadeus explains that he turned off his life support so that Allen's strength could match a Viltrumite. Thaddeus then reveals that he is a Viltrumite who rebelled against the empire, and orders Allen to recruit Invincible to help the Coalition fight the Viltrumites.
Rex survives being shot and defeats King Lizard before he and Rae are recovered and treated for their injuries. The Guardians narrowly escape the Sequids and rescue the real Rus. Debbie decides to raise Mark's brother and names him Oliver. Despite her suspicions of Cecil, she accepts a nanny he hired to help care for him. Rick recovers from being a Reaniman, but remains traumatized by the ordeal. Mark and Amber's relationship becomes strained when both realize the toll that Mark's work as Invincible has taken on their lives. Eve's feelings for Mark begin to resurface. While Amber speaks to Eve, Mark talks to Rosenbaum, who reveals Nolan previously wrote several unsuccessful sci-fi novels, which Mark learns potentially reveal Viltrumites' weaknesses. He relays the information to Allen, who tells him about Thaedus and the Coalition's stand against Viltrum. Rus returns home but is attacked by a Sequid hidden inside him. A healed and imprisoned Nolan is interrogated by Kregg for his loyalty to Earth. In another universe a four armed tailor helps puts a suit for someone, revealing to be Angstrom, no longer wearing a dark cloak, and now transports to various other universes and back to the current one, looking the city and claiming it is very good to be home again.
Mark and Amber attend a comic convention when he leaves to help Rex. Cecil puts the Immortal on temporary leave and Rudy returns as the Guardian's leader. Donald discovers his numerous deaths and learns that the original ordered the memories to be erased; he overcomes the trauma when he helps Rick from committing suicide. While on a date, Mark is confronted by a Viltrumite agent, Anissa, who tries to convince him again to have Earth join the Viltrumite Empire. When Mark abruptly leaves to save a cruise ship from a kaiju, Anissa joins him and effortlessly kills it, saving the passengers. Despite proving Earth's weakness, she fails to convince Mark to complete his mission, resulting in a brutal beatdown. In the end, she spares him and leaves. After breaking up with Amber, Mark is called by Angstrom as he holds Debbie and Oliver hostage. Anissa tells Kregg that Mark cannot be convinced before confronting a passing Allen, who feigns defeat and allows himself to be captured.
Angstrom sends Mark to many alternate dimensions in order to torture him including one that has Agent Spider in it. Debbie tries to convince Angstrom to let Mark go, but Angstrom refuses to before suffering from visions of his alternate selves, forced to relive their agonizing memories of their Marks killing his loved ones over and over again. Debbie attacks Angstrom, who breaks her arm and beats her. Mark eventually returns to see his mother beaten. Enraged by this, Mark beats Angstrom into a bloody mess, killing him as he ends up stranding in a desolate dimension. Distraught by his actions, Mark is eventually rescued by a future version of the Guardians of the Globe from his own dimension who send him home. Before Mark leaves, he is stopped by future-Eve, who confesses her feelings to him. The Immortal discovers that the original Kate is alive and in hiding and reunites with her while two archaeologists uncover the tomb of Ka-Hor. At the urging of her future-self, Mark meets with Eve and is unable to admit his feelings for her.
In the post credit scene, Allen is sent to the Viltrumite prison Nolan is held, and proposes he join the fight against them. Nolan reveals his guilt for his actions, and admits that he misses his wife.
== Sequels ==
Invincible 4: The Invincible War