

Disgusted, Megamind provokes Tighten by revealing he is both the "space dad" and Bernard. By this time, Tighten has decided he would rather be a supervillain. Unfortunately, he ends up spending most of the day there waiting for Tighten to show up before going to his apartment.

He prepares a large battle mech, puts on an elaborate cape -called "The Black Mamba"- Minion made for him before their quarrel, and made a grand appearance in the town plaza. Heartbroken, Megamind follows through with his plan to fight Tighten.
He tells Minion to go and that he doesn't need him, causing their long friendship to appear irreparably lost.Īfter Roxanne kisses "Bernard" on a date, Megamind's identity is accidentally exposed, causing Roxanne (who cannot reconcile his true emotional nature with his past evil deeds) to reject him. Minion discovers this relationship and quarrels with Megamind over it, claiming that "the bad guy doesn't get the girl!" Frustrated, Megamind then yells that he doesn't want to be the "bad guy" anymore. Megamind soon begins having second thoughts about being a villain, finding more enjoyment pursuing a relationship with Roxanne. Tighten attempts to use his powers to woo Roxanne (thinking that a "hero" always gets the girl), but is quickly spurned by Roxanne- who has learned of Megamind's plans to make a new hero- and grows jealous of Bernard/ Megamind. Megamind manipulates Hal into becoming a superhero named Tighten under the guise of being his "space dad", but at the same time falls in love with Roxanne and begins dating her while disguised as Bernard-even sharing some of his own past (although still disguised) with her. Hoping to uncover any evil plans Megamind has for the city, Roxanne breaks into Megamind's lair and fights with him over a syringe gun containing the serum, which is accidentally fired and injected into Roxanne's cameraman Hal Stewart ( Jonah Hill). Roxanne inadvertently inspires him to create a new superhero to fight, which he does using a serum of Metro Man's DNA. Megamind runs into a museum curator named Bernard ( Ben Stiller) while destroying the Metro Man Museum and, trying to avoid Roxanne, disguises himself as him, dehydrating the real Bernard. However, he soon grows depressed over the fact that without someone to fight, his life as a supervillain no longer has any purpose. Megamind is initially thrilled that he has defeated his archenemy, and he proceeds to live the criminal dream life, taking over town hall and plundering the city. Metro Man is then seemingly killed by the death-ray.

Realizing that he is only gifted in causing trouble, and jealous of all of the attention and praise young Metro Man receives, Megamind becomes a supervillain to rival Metro Man, though he is thwarted on a regular basis.ĭuring one of his many attempts to defeat Metro Man, Megamind kidnaps news reporter Roxanne Ritchi ( Tina Fey) and uses her as bait to lure Metro Man into the city observatory where Megamind intends to kill him with a death ray. The plan appears flawed enough for Metro Man to escape, but he proclaims that the inside of the observatory is lined with copper, which he says drains his power. As a result, whilst Metro Man is a gifted celebrity, Megamind is a neglected outcast, due to his destructive intellect, with his piranha-like sidekick Minion ( David Cross) as his only friend. However, he lands in the Prison for the Criminally Gifted at Metro City, thanks to another infant alien similarly sent from a different planet who eventually becomes a superhero known as Metro Man ( Brad Pitt), defender of the fictional Metro City. Megamind ( Will Ferrell) is a super-intelligent alien who - at only eight days old - is sent to Earth by his parents as his home planet is destroyed by a black hole.
