Warning! This article contains minor spoilers for Invincible season 3.
Invincibleseason 3 marks another appearance for a major villain, with the show outright confirming what we all thought about them.Invincibleseason 3’s villainsare expected to be of a wide variety, from the continued Viltrumite threat to the regular villains of the week that Mark tends to fight as the show’s titular hero. WhileInvincibleseason 3’s main villainmay be a slight surprise, there is no shortage of people for Mark to go up against as his story continues.
Invincibleseason 3’s storywill detail exactly this, with the three-episode premiere alone providing plenty of antagonists for Mark. Not only are new members ofInvincibleseason 3’s castintroduced, such as Multi-Paul and the twin super-powered criminals Dropkick and Fightmaster, but recurring villains appeared in the opening episodes of the Prime Video show’s latest installment. One villain is certainly familiar by this point to bothInvincible’s characters and the audience, with the show confirming what we have all been thinking since season 1.
The Villain Is Confined To A Specific Role
The character in question is Doc Seismic. Seismic has appeared in all three seasons ofInvinciblenow, with his role in season 1 allowing Mark to confront one of his first big villains at Mount Rushmore.Invincibleseason 2 saw Seismic return with new powers and minions, this time attacking the Washington Monument. InInvincibleseason 3, Seismic’s plan is more complex in that he uses even more new minions to capture all the superheroes on Earth and trap them below ground, save for Atom Eve and, of course, Invincible.
As the two heroes appear to stop him, Seismic labels them as"token diversity and gender stereotype.“Eve then replies with"Um, I wouldn’t talk, Generic Mad Scientist,“confirming the reality that audiences ofInvinciblehave been thinking since season 1. Seismic is one of the more generic scientist villain tropes in the entire show, and each recurring appearance has proven this. InInvincibleseason 3, this stereotype has been flat-out confirmed thanks to Eve herself.
Why Doc Seismic Has Appeared In All 3 Invincible Seasons, Despite Being A Stereotype
Invincible’s Tone Explains Seismic’s Repeated Role
Given that Doc Seismic is a generic villainous stereotype, many may wonder why he continues appearing inInvincible. The reason for this is as simple as the show’s tone warranting it.Invinciblehas always been a very meta, self-referential show. The writers wisely know what superhero stereotypesInvincibleconforms to and subverts, as was the case in the source material.
Every season featuring Seismic isInvincible’s way of saying that stereotypical villains are not always a bad thing…
Similarly,Invincibleis more than happy to wear those stereotypes on its sleeve, drawing a lot of humor from them in the process. Doc Seismic’s appearances are proof of that. Every season featuring Seismic isInvincible’s way of saying that stereotypical villains are not always a bad thing, and can often be used as exactly that or as a means of subverting expectations, with even Mark and Eve pointing out in season 3 that the villain upped his game this time around. With that in mind,Invinciblewill likely use Seismic again in the future and lean unabashedly into the villain’s stereotypical depiction.
