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How can you tell if someone is a true Marvel fan?
Through their knowledge of the comic books and movies?
- Perfection
- [Paulo] Is it by their collection
of Marvel merchandise?
Maybe it's by how they dress or even if they cosplay.
We brought together seven Marvel fans,
one is a liar.
If the group discovers who the liar is
they'll win a cash prize,
if the liar survives, they win the cash prize.
This is "Odd Man Out".
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- I can do this all day,
that's basically my game plan and strategy.
- As long as they like me
and think that I'm a Marvel fan, we're good.
- I don't know why I'm nervous
because I am a Marvel fan.
- I need to know, you do more than watch the movies,
everyone watches the movies.
- Maybe somebody who used to like Marvel
and then doesn't anymore, doesn't like how the MCU is
or something like that.
- Just superhero fans in general
know a lot about even the superheroes that they hate.
- As you can see, I've turned this into a thing,
just a little bit.
- Does anyone else have any Marvel tattoos?
- You know, I haven't got mine yet. (laughs)
- I got my Storm tattoo.
- Ooh, can we see it?
- I gotta add her name in (indistinct) but...
- Oh, very nice. - Wow.
- Wow. - Okay.
- Just got to put that out here.
- I have a Star-Lord and I have Rocket Raccoon.
So you can see the bottom kind of the Star-Lord there.
- Ah, nice.
- Oh, wow.
- So Jared, why are you dressed up as cap?
Do you cosplay him?
- Yeah, I'm a cosplayer.
So I can wear this suit too.
I've been to several different conventions
and this is what I do for fun.
- We may have ran into each other in cosplay before, Jared.
I usually cosplay as Storm.
Has anyone gone to any conventions?
Anyone else?
- I'm from New York, so I always go to Comic Con.
- I live in London, so I've gone to the MGM Comic Con.
- Oh nice.
- Are you guys more cinematic Universe fans
or more of like the comics and video games?
- Comics.
- Everything.
- Who's your guys favorite characters?
- Who's your favorite character?
- Spider-Man.
- Which Spider-Man?
- I literally like every iteration
of like first "Spider-Man" movies.
- I think Tom Holland did the best job.
- [Bobbie] 'Cause he looked like a teenager?
- Yeah, he looked
like a teenager. - Like he looked like a kid.
- Andrew Garfield was too cool, I think.
- He's so hot, but like, it wasn't really Spider-Man,
you know.
- We don't discriminate against (indistinct)-
- Exactly. - Only job's to discriminate.
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- So that was kind of like a geek out round.
- We definitely wasted a little bit of time.
- I think that I'm pretty safe on everybody's radar.
- I felt Like I had to show my tattoo very quickly.
- I'm definitely going to vote Eric this round.
The other people gushing about Marvel stuff,
Eric seemed very dry about it.
- I think Michael, he had the Venom sweater
but then I saw huge Naruto rug and I'm like,
"Maybe he's an anime fan who knows something about Marvel."
- I think right now I'm most suspicious of Michael.
- Who I am voting off for this round is Eric.
- I think I'm gonna go for Eric.
- I think I'm gonna vote for Eric this round.
- Eric's keeping my vote, sorry Buddy.
- [Paulo] And the person eliminated this round is Eric.
(buzzing sound)
- Damn.
- (laughs) I just noticed he had a Captain America shirt.
- See you guys.
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- And this is a show and tell round,
also known as the Marvel flex round.
You will have 10 minutes to search
and gather your most prized Marvel-related merchandise
or things that really show your Marvel flex.
- I forgot about this. - I used to hang
in my car window (indistinct chatter).
- How can I not show it off?
I mean, it's glorious. (laughs)
- Yeah, I'm here to get this off.
- These boots because I like to wear my fandom.
- And these are the ones that I still own
from way, way back when, when I was a kid.
- [Gwen] Should I bring my Antman helmet?
- So these are like my Phil Noto variant comic book covers
which are like some of my all time favorite things.
- [Jared] A picture of me in cosplay,
I could totally use that.
This is harder than I thought it would be.
- The reason why it's in my closet
is because I need like a proper UV filter.
It's not on display because I care too much.
- I'm trying to be so careful with this right now.
(laughs) I don't know where to put it.
- You don't need merch to be a Marvel fan.
And I feel like the amount of merch that I have
in front of me already, I can talk about.
Okay, so this is the first thing that I wanna talk about.
My Stanley Dorbz and I got it signed from him.
How coincidental is it that we're like recording this
on his death anniversary?
May he rest in peace.
He's always someone I always looked up to.
He created such amazing characters
and gave hope to so many people.
Here's the picture,
that's my annoying ex-boyfriend. (laughs)
- I worked for an entire summer as a superhero.
I carried a hammer like Thor.
And because of that, I keep this little mjolnir
and the most significant in that summer, I worked a lot
with children and we made DIY superheroes, you know
show them creativity over conflict.
- That's so sweet.
- Here's Wolverine, you know, his eye.
I'm sorry buddy.
- It's not Wolverine, it's patch. (laughs)
- You caught that. (laughs)
- This might be kind of a cop out,
but I mean the suit right here,
I bought this whenever I paid my house off
and that was a huge deal for me.
I mean, I achieved that goal
and then I also wanted to show off
that I drive an Iron Man car.
(mechanical buzzing)
Jarvis, you there?
- [Robotic Voice] At your service, sir.
- Just throwing that out there.
And now you see I got proof that Tony Stark has a heart.
- This is my most prized possession
that I'm waiting for a new UV case for.
This is an original "X-Men 2" poster
from back when the movie came out, I was a kid.
- Oh my god- - This movie changed my life.
There was a comic shop in town that had this
in their window.
And I went in there and I was like, "Excuse me, sir
how much would it be to buy this?"
And he was like, "I will give it to you for free
even though the bottom says not for distribution
and that you're supposed to return it."
And then here is the print.
So like I got the background on purple
but that is the Star Lord tattoo.
And obviously the giant Spider-Man stand here.
I yield my time.
- I buy like purses with the wallets
because I would've never fathomed of being able
to like have any of this growing up.
I'm adult, I don't care, I'm buying it.
Chris Claremont is my favorite writer
that Marvel's ever had.
Without him I feel like there'd be no X-Men
that we know of today.
So my favorite "X-Men" story, "God Loves, Man Kills"
signed by Chris Claremont.
- Do you like anything else in the Marvel Universe
or is it like just an "X-Men" thing for you?
- I like the "Avengers" they're...
Actually, no, I don't, they're all right.
I like the Avengers as far as like being part of the story.
"Fantastic Four", "The Avengers", "Silver Surfer"
they're all very intrical, important parts
to Marvel as a whole.
So you have to be able to like and respect
and the least read some of their comics to better understand
the whole story arc in the Marvel Universe.
- I am at college because of COVID,
they told us we couldn't bring a lot of stuff with me.
So one of this, which is the thing that I had
to get down from my bed.
The other thing that I have (laughs)
is this Marvel encyclopedia.
And it has a note from Stanley
and I got this right after like he passed away.
I have a few encyclopedias at home.
I grew up in India, so I couldn't buy comics
'cause there were no comic bookstores.
So when my mom would travel for work,
she would bring back comics for me.
And that was the first one, was like Spider-man.
So I have a encyclopedia of that.
- Do you read the comics too?
Or just because of not being able to get access to it,
mostly stick to MCU?
- Now I don't know if you guys have like the Marvel
like unlimited app or whatever, which has like...
So I have the subscription for that.
When the movies and stuff started coming out,
I would always read the comics that had to do with those.
And then especially during like infinity stones
and all of that came into play or as they call infinity gems
in the comics, like I started like reading all of this.
So I read all of the infinity gauntlet.
- She knows that the infinity stones
were infinity gems in the comics, that's a good sign.
- I would've very confidently voted for Mrin this round,
I think until just kind of hearing her personal story.
I don't wanna vote someone off
who just doesn't have the ability
to have as much stuff as other people
because like not everybody can...
Like nobody can afford all this crap.
- I'm definitely most suspicious of Mrin.
Now I understand I'm in the same situation
and want to have items that are very easily like borrowed.
- Bobbie, a little bit suspicious, only liking X-Men.
- I'm most suspicious of Mrin.
- I am gonna vote off Michael.
- Sorry Michael.
- I'm going Mrin.
- [Paulo] And the person eliminated in this round,
in round two is Mrin.
- I knew it.
- I feel bad.
- Oh my gosh, I'm alive.
- Michael looks stoked, Michael looks stoked.
- It's Michael.
Oh you look stoked, man.
- In the "Endgame" whenever cap gets that hammer,
everybody went nuts, right?
And I'm gonna tell you why I didn't pick that.
You can't not feel this.
I am inevitable.
Tony goes, "And I am Iron Man."
(thunder sounds)
- (laughs) He has the infinity gauntlet.
- He had to bring it out.
- It's just another chance to flex what he has.
- I tear up just thinking about it.
And seriously, come on, you can't not love that scene.
- So I'm gonna tell you why I pick the mjolnir scene,
Jared (laughs) and everybody else,
cap just grabs it and wields it.
And here's Thor.
And he's like, "Yeah!"
'Cause he's always known that, you know, cap could do it
or maybe something changed between, you know then and then.
- I'm born and raised in the Bronx, New York.
And Stanley is also born in the Bronx, New York.
He went to high school in the Bronx.
The Black Panther is also one of my favorite heroes,
rest in peace Chadwick and rest in peace Stanley.
At the end of "Infinity War", when everyone just reunited
and everyone had their last stand.
Now you come out with the Wakanda X, the Bronx.
This is where this originated from, the Bronx, New York.
We are the X, we rep the X.
- Wakanda Forever!
- I don't know, I think it's just a celebration
of what it is to be a Marvel fan
of what it is to just be, I don't know a hero.
- One of the ones that I always come back
to personally is the moment in "Civil War"
when Tony goes to talk to Peter
and they have that conversation without actually
having to say with great power comes great responsibility.
It's, "When you can do the things I do, but you don't
and then the bad things happen, they happen because of you."
There's this linked guilt between the two of them.
Tony's feeling a lot of guilt in that movie.
Every time I hear it, it makes me tear up
and how he's just some high school kid trying to do his best
and trying to do the best for his community.
- So I'm gonna go outside of the MCU
and I'm going with "Logan" because if you're an X-men fan,
if you're a Wolverine fan,
you wanted to see Logan go berserk
or as close as berserk as he could.
We couldn't get in a PG 13 movie, we needed a rated R movie.
(Wolverine screams)
Just giving his all to get those kids safe.
I'm sorry, (laughs) like when they put the cross
and they made it an X,
like I cried like a little (zapping sound) in that movie.
Like I cried so hard seeing him
just one last time give it his all
before he had nothing left to give
was such a cathartic thing for a fan.
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- I think we voted them out
because everybody here gave really good answers.
But Bobbie's openly admitted to not really
liking other things in the Marvel franchise.
- It seems like Bobbie is just an "X-Men" fan.
And I know obviously the X-Men are Marvel.
For all we know there could be a lot more DC stuff
that she's just hiding that, you know
obviously we would have no idea of knowing.
- So I'm gonna lock in my vote.
I'm just gonna vote Bobbie, she's got a Storm tattoo.
I'm voting for somebody who has a Storm tattoo.
- I'm definitely suspicious of Michael.
My gut, I gotta go with my gut.
- I honestly don't know.
- Bobbie, I can't vote for her
because I really don't think it's her.
I'm gonna go with the gut and say, Michael again,
it's the only thing I know to do.
- [Paulo] And the person eliminated this round is Michael.
(buzzing sound)
- I know.
- I'm slightly concerned that it is Bobbie
because an "X-Men" super fan
is not necessarily a Marvel Super-Man.
So I'm like uhhhhh
- I'm so sorry I voted for you.
- I honestly think that we did need to eliminate Michael.
- Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good.
Bye.(laughs)
- [Paulo] If everyone feels confident
that you already caught the mole you can end the game now.
If the majority has doubt, the game will continue.
(Gwen laughs) (zapping sound)
- I think we caught the mole.
- I think we got him.
- I don't wanna continue the game.
- It's unanimous. (laughs)
- [Paulo] That's majority.
We're going to end the game right here.
- I swear if it was Bobbie
and an "X-Men" fan doesn't count as a Marvel fan,
lose my mind.
- [Paulo] If the color that shows up is green, you all win.
- This is so nerve racking.
- [Paulo] If it's red, the mole is still in the game
and you lost.
In three, two, one.
(everyone cheers) - Hey, we won, all right.
- [Amanda] We did, we did it.
- All these years of like Marvel knowledge
finally pays off literally. (laughs)
- Excelsior, guys.
- Excelsior! - Yes
- [Paulo] The game is over and the Marvel fans have won.
That means that the four winners
will be receiving a cash prize.
And we're also going to be gifting them
the Akinto experience where you'll get
to pick your favorite basics
from our new interactive apparel brand.
I would like the mole to please reveal yourself
in three, two, one.
- It was me, baby. (laughs)
- I knew it, I knew it.
- I knew it, I knew you just went out to find that stuff.
It was too fresh.
- I was a fan like of the comics at a young age.
I didn't lie about like anything, more or less
- Okay.
- But they're just not for me.
And I felt like I connected
with the DC characters a lot more.
Like the Flash is my favorite DC character
but you guys are so cool.
And I just want to like talk to you guys more.
The entire time, I was like,
"I just wanna stay in this game not 'cause I...
I don't wanna win, I don't care about that.
I just wanna talk to these guys more."
- We should all continue talking.
And I really like you guys.
And I would love to geek out all the time.
- Would you guys have guys have me
as well? - Of course-
- Would you have me as well? - Sure.
- Sure (laughs) of course. - Yeah, you could
(indistinct) I guess, no... (laughs)
- Hey good humans, thank you for watching another episode
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(crying sound)
I loved watching this video.
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Also, I'm wearing Spider-Man socks right now.