Who do you think will survive or miraculously be brought back to life? NO COMIC SPOILERS

Imagine your throat is so thick that you can withstand the immediate growth of a fully grown woman

Cecil ain't Nick Fury. Cecil is Amanda Waller. And that's much scarier

The way this episode treats Rex makes me so happy his presence throughout the episode gave him so much depth- like when he made fun of Rudy, or gave Eve a speech, and the terror on his face once he realized that hes the only survivor easily one of my favorite characters in the show now.

The thing that made Kate and Rae’s deaths the most shocking to me was how casually everyone was taking the fight beforehand. Like, they were struggling, but it was still just business as usual before everything went horribly wrong. And the way the writers tricked us into thinking Rae would burst out of that guy’s neck by having Rex make a one-liner only for it to fail was was a morbidly great bait and switch

So just to clarify, it is the mustache. The comics make it clear it IS hereditary for viltrumites and it IS synonymous with them. It’s intentional comedy.

Well I guess this episode just debunked the whole Ant Man killing Thanos theory. 😂 This show really knows how to get brutal quick. RIP Shrinking Rae.

I just always assumed Kate kept a backup safety clone somewhere whenever she went out. It's the smartest move tactically.

Usually when there's death scenes and sh*t doesn't bother me but when rae and Kate died I sat there just like god damn that was f*cked. Those deaths were pretty damn brutal. Lizard League ain't a joke. 💀

Rex really is the Sokka of Invincible. Started out as a asshole everyone made fun of to a actually likable asshole that people can tolerate in universe. Also after his speech to eve I can now see why they used to date. He’s really becoming one of my favorite characters.

Having seen Rae's death in the comics, I was unprepared for how brutal the show would actually make it

No dude, you were right about the moustache thing. The Viltrumites are always recognized by their trademark moustache, it’s their thing, no joke its a plot point in the comics.

Every time Kate died, it got harder to watch 🫣

2:31 can I just say how amazing the lady thraxan's character was? From the beginning, she was so sweet and understanding that, just like Mark, whatever hate and disgust we felt towards his father couldn't be directed at her. And now this episode, she's so wise and compassionate towards Mark, understanding his situation and giving him the push needed to get him to go back home while at the same time convincing him to take his half brother with him because it's the best thing for her child, as he'll otherwise outlive them all because or their short lifespan Great character, great mother

Fun fact, the mustache thing is so important because the viltrumites are literally named after it. Viltrum is named after the philtrum, the area between your nose and upper lip. The race of supermen are from a planet named mustache.

Shrinking Ray got chewed up as a bubblegum in the comics. Shrinking Rae got crushed to death because Komodo has durability.

My goodness, Shrinking Rae made me experience live the 5 stages of terror! It made me remember that no character is safe in this world! I know they didn’t have a 3 month cliffhanger to come back with ANOTHER cliffhanger. 😭 I need episode 6 NOW.

It's genuinely disturbing yet incredible how they took such a quick death from the comics and made it this personal hell to witness. Not only that but this episode being a great turning point for Rex is so good. I'm not gonna spoil things that take place in the comics but it's safe to say at this point his ego is dying or pretty much died this episode with Rae and Kate and he's gonna become a better dude and team player; he's just traumatized for right now.

Cecil is the best representation of lawful neutral I've ever seen

I had a problem with the college "probation." - I was academically probated and then suspended from college, it takes AT LEAST two semesters. They want your money, they'll let you fuck up a lot. Meanwhile, a semester is 4 months. So, he was gone HALF of one semester. Still even time to make that up before ANY final grades have been entered into the system. Total BS.

I really appreciate the nuance that the writers are taking with Mark and Amber's relationship. Mark is upset that he has to keep leaving Amber because he does want to be there for her. And while Amber understands why Mark has to leave since what he does is important, it's leading to her feeling ignored since someone that she loves isn't for her often. She won't ever tell Mark to prioritize their relationship over saving people, but that doesn't mean she can't feel neglected. Many superhero stories will have a hero in a relationship with a civilian and sometimes it does work out (heck, even Debbie and Nolan made it work). But Invincible showcases the flip side of it by exploring how much strain it can cause on a relationship and how some people handle it better than others. I do love this relationship and it's clear that they want to make it work, but neither fully understood just how hard this would be. I'm honestly going to be a bit sad when the two will inevitably break up.

I agree, the mix between brutal cruelty and genuine sentimental sincerity is the best contrasting theme that makes this show great.

That fucking thumnail, jesus fucking christ lmao🤣

People before Episode 5: “Rex sucks! He’s such an asshole and an overconfident egotistical bully” People after Episode 5: *Rex lost a hand and two of his friends* “Oh my God, his redemption ark, I love Rex, I knew he was always great! This gave him so much growth!

What the hell was Cecil thinking leaving Rex, Rae, and Kate alone to protect the planet. It’s like he wanted them to die.😰

You know, if I was Dupli-Kate. I would always have an extra clone or the main body at the headquarters every time I go on a mission. Just to be safe

This show is always happy to remind us that, even with all of the hero tropes, physics still exist and have not been forgotten.

I thought Kate's potential death was way more gruesome than Rae's. Rae's was definitely more crazy though.

Duplakate has the power to sore away clones with all her memories any time anywhere if she's dead she deserves a Derwin award.

The whole extra with Adam was supposedly an animator who went crazy working overtime, however when they did that they werent recognized or compensated in any way for all the extra effort they put into it

I cannot express how happy I am that someone is taking about this insanity

Him saying "Yum" after the blood bubble burst from his mouth was super disturbing.

I figured Ray was gonna be the one to die considering just how little her character does. I think i first noticed this when Rex was fighting with Kate in the training room and Monster girl left to find Rudy. And it just felt strange that out of all the original members that were first picked to be the new guardians, Ray's the only one not there. It just screams "just here to die". Rex, i think is definitely going to live. Anytime a show has the threat of death but ends the episode before the trigger is pulled, it almost always means something stops that bullet.

Gotta Love Rex's Character development. You can tell by this episode that while he's still a douche he's a competent hero trying his best with his limited powers. His speech to eve was great as well. Can't wait to see The adaption of his Awesome role in the invincible war ark.

Legitimately needed a few minutes after that ending to just sit there and process. Ray and Kate were my two favourite characters (for less than pure reasons, but still) It was just so gruesome, like Akira anime levels of gruesome. Duplikate was bad, but I could handle it, but ray was just..... Horrific. I was in stunned silence. Like we were supposed to watch an episode of Invincible, and then head to the shops after, but I was just sat there in shock, and thank fuck my mom decided she needed a nap anyway, cause I was in no. Fit state to be buying eggs and milk

I am still disturbed how Shrinking Rae got vored to death. Other than that I loved the uncertainty that this show has, you don’t even know whats gonna happen or who’s gonna die. It really adds to the fact this is probably my favorite show ever.

Honestly, I'm numb to the gore in Mortal Kombat and Dead Space... But holy shit

4:24 there's another amazing thing that this scene puts into perspective that I think is really important for moving Nolan towards a place of redemption not just in the eyes of Mark and other characters- but also from the eyes of the audience. This scene compares the way Mark's brother would age to the Thraxans to the way Mark will age to the humans. We are led to believe by the end of season 1 that Nolan is entirely evil in his motives, but this happens because we as humans cannot possibly understand the true scope of how long thousands of years IS, just like Mark. By lowering that scale from thousands of years to just a few months, we begin to see just what Mark's life would be and feel like if he were to live out life as a normal human, and he sees it too. It becomes clear to us and Mark exactly what Nolan was trying to prevent his son from going through, even if it was in the worst possible way.

Sadly Shrinking Rae was kinda screwed there due to the lack of options. She was stuck between the throat and the stomach and as we saw the former didn't work and I imagine the stomach wouldn't go much better. Maybe she could've grown only slightly and triggered a gag reflex to force Komodo Dragon to vomit her back up, but that's a gamble. Best case scenario would've been to get into his lungs and then expand since I doubt he could crush as easily, at least not before suffocating

The show made me care for Shrinking Rea. Her comic counterpart was simply there until he died. I will say nothing about Kate.

Seriously, why did they have to kill Rae! Also I love you can tell someone is a viltrumite by their mustache.

Rex Splode getting that amazing character development

Honey not now, new Sarcastic Chorus video about Invincible just dropped

5:05 super strenght AND endurance, which I think was the factor that resulted in Shrinking Rae not bursting through

During the break I read the comics of Invincible, Atom Eve and Rexsplode, Tech Jacket, and Guardians of the Globe. So now I know what it feels like to be a manga reader seeing an anime watcher ask questions.

You know, it always bothered me that ALL the A-Listers in the Invincible universe don't have any form of AOE moves or powerful ranged attacks. Sure Robot has some Star Wars laser blast stuff, but he almost always goes for hand to hand so they can't be THAT effective or at least cost effective, and Eve's ability to throw energy blasts have the rate of fire and travel speed of freaking throwing knives. Seriously how is it that NO ONE in the higher leages has something like firebending or a continuous laser attack? How is it that the only one with some form of somewhat effective AOE is REX?

this harkens back to when Nolan was telling Mark to not hold back because the viltrumites are there to kill. unfortunately they are not mark and we see the consquences of those who do not heed this advice.

As a comic reader, I am having so much fun with these reviews, it's great at putting into perspective just how much knowledge you have about everything at this point, as it can be easy to lose sight of that when you know the whole story. It's insane how many good moments are still to come for you non-comic watchers.

9:00 oh, you'd be surprised by how long can a student get away with playing hooky if no one snitches

“We dont know whats gonna happen” Me, a comic reader: I have no such weakness

"Robot might be evil" we can talk about it in a few years

I did not expect those two deaths at the end, that literally made me gasp Edit: this episode did the impossible... it made me feel bad for Rex

Mark and Eve are written as foils to eachother, seeing them both grow past their mistakes just shows their growth. Mark was hit with his dad's past mistakes and is now looking to the future to cope. Eve is terrified of the future and Rex was there to remind her about the good she did in the past. If you want to stretch it, Amber is always in the present, always off to the side waiting for Mark and making changes in the now, rather than looking at the past or present. I also like that Mark and Eve, but mostly Mark aren't listening to Cecil anymore.

12:55 what? No. That’s crazy, don’t even worry about it.

I wouldn't say he's a single parent more like Nani Pelekai with super powers

Komodo Dragon is a throat goat.

Rae’s death feels like they changed it to point out how bad and idea it would’ve been for Ant Man to go up Thanos’s poop chute.

Well it's Great to see Invincible Back with new episodes even though the three to four month hiatus was hell to go through

Thaddeus ripping off his beard without pulling half his face off was so surgical I had to question if it was a fake one. Hilarious 😂

I actually like the minimalist animation style. It makes it feel like we're just watching the comic come off the pages.

I honestly keep forgetting the fact that Robots body is a child version of Rex, like that must be so weird seeing some dude use your teenage self as a skin puppet, and I have a feeling thats why they sorta glossed over that part so fast

Calling now, Kate has a spare duplicate somewhere and it is now, Kate Prime.

i feel like the only way rex should die in the show is the same way/time he did in the comics. too much of a powerful moment in the comics to not recreate in the show.

That thumbnail is golden! You're the Best

Disagreed on your guardians ranking. Eve, Rudy and Martian man 2.0 are going to be *INSANELY* strong after learning to use the full extent of their powers. Remember the first martian man? Freaking Nolan couldn't break away once he tied him up using his body, the only reason he died was plot convenience cause he could've moved his weakspot on Omni-man's back where he couldn't be able to reach it and it would've been game over even for an elite viltrumite. Immortal manages to get in A purely because it's really hard to kill him for good but in terms of combat prowess he's B-tier as well.

Rex laughing after killing 2 lizard members and getting his hand bit off is my favorite thing to see from any hero, which immediately boosted him to one of my favorites. Something about a hero getting badly injured but still coming out on top laughing like a phsyco tickles me

The background of the thumbnail reminds me of the smosh’s try not to laughs (this is a great video btw)

Rex being the only hero left standing "Well i guess we're all fucked."

Rex forgot he was playing on Hardcore mode 💀💀

i knew Kate was screwed just from how detailed her deaths were being animated. like other stuff had been bad, but not NEARLY to this degree. factor in the fact that the dude she's fighting is huge, Rex and Rae being completely preoccupied, and she's basically a twig, i knew she was gone. i just didn't expect it to be so BRUTAL

I think the worst part about Rae’s death was Rex hyping her up as she was being swallowed. Like imagine you hyping up your friend for the crazy shit she can do thinking she’s gonna make it out of there, only for it to backfire and her to die in the worst way imaginable

Thanks Comic Readers for not spoiling the show 🙏👍 Never forget what you do

the relationship nolan had with that bug probably lasted 2-3 months dam man started a whole family in 2-3 months

The species name Viltrumite is a play on the word philtrum, the dimple in the middle of the upper lip. The moustache literally is how Alan recognized he was a Viltrumite.

I’m pretty sure that is the bit with Thaddeus actually. That the moustache is the tell that he’s a viltrumite. Which is honestly funny as heck

Is that thumbnail a Smosh Try Not to laugh reference?😂 Gosh dang

Its a little hard to gag in this show when the blood looks like it was put in with the bucket fill tool.

i barely watch invincible because i read the entirety of the comics but oh boy the moment i saw your thumbnail i was IN to see how they adapted shrinking ray death.

It's fun to read the comics and to know what's coming while watching people just watching the show making predictions

I've gotta say this as someone who's read the comics from start to finish: Unless the writers add in new parts like the Train scene (yes, that wasn't in the comics), I don't think ANYTHING in the future is gonna be comparable to the sheer horror of Rae's death.

20:30 That is 100% what they were going for. That entire speech is 100% accurate to the lore.

Nice was waiting for this. And you said it perfectly one of the things I love most about Invincible in both the show and the comic is how sincere it is. How despite its violence action and disturbing moments the story is not afraid to be wholesome and heartwarming.

Regarding Oliver, to consider the quick capability of learning of the Thraxans, as result of their too short life span, i wonder if this could implies that the Thraxan-Viltrumites hybrids could be potentially the most smartest beings of the universe. As they have the quick learning of the Thraxans, adding the notably long life span of the Viltrumites.

When your a like long time book fan of this, and when you see and hear the creators would "expand" Rae's character... well, they fulfilled their promise, because I had some hope for fleeting second, RIP to a baddie, they didn't need to improve on her design like that.

Rex is my favorite character in the show and this so far my favorite episode of season 2.

"[Robot] would become a supervillain the second she starts ghosting him" Well about that...

You made a really good point about the leader of the coalition. Why aren't the viltriumites looking for him? Do they think he's dead

The more episodes i watch, the more I'm seriously starting to reconsider batman's "no killing" rule. 😂😭

Who's idea was it to send all of their Heavy Hitters on this space trip while leaving the safety of Earth in the hands of Kate, Rae, and Rex?

Things being eaten alive by being swallowed while still being alive have always freaked me out. Like I’ve seen videos of fittingly enough kamodo dragons eating animals alive and it’s very freaky to think they are alive while still being in somethings throat or mouth being digested…. While for ray it feels just so much worse cuz like you said you see her expand but then break like all the bones in her body and just get mulched like what the fuck man…. While also how do you bury her for the funeral? There’s nothing left literally….

I love seeing you pick up on certain things, a lot of the things you point out become very relevant later on.

YES! yes it was! And i'm here for it! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

What makes this all crazier is the fact that Oliver remembers all of this.

I love how the music went from heroic and hopeful when you think she’s gonna be okay by rapidly getting big inside him to sinister when you realise she’s getting crushed to death

I have been waiting for your video for a minute now Love the thumbnail

Love the Smosh reference in the thumbnail 😂

Why did shrink Rae shrink when she felt herself being crushed?

It’s good to have this back!

My favorite part of this episode is immortal saying “NO”.

@19:00 I don't think the animation is limited at all. It's well above most episodic animation.