Today I am talking about the Amazon Prime show Invincible and the incredible Omni-Man
vs Guardians of the Globe betrayal scene.
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Hey Interns, I’m Dr. Chris Raynor and I am not your everyday ortho. I teach you about
injuries, orthopedic surgery, and medical topics in a way that is easy to understand
and entertaining. Today for orthopedic rounds I am going to look at the betrayal scene from
the Amazon show invincible where Omni-Man battles the members of the Guardians of the
Globe. This was certainly an unexpected and shocking scene when I first saw it. If you
are a fan of the show, let me know what you thought about this scene in the comments.
Be sure to stick around to the end to see what was the most interesting part of the
scene for me. If you want some of my short form content, I am on TikTok, where you can
follow me and ask me anything. That being said, let’s get right to it. Spinjury Alert!
That’s combined injury and spoiler alert, in case you were wondering. This video will
contain some simulated graphic footage of injuries and a discussion of what happens,
so if you are squeamish or you haven’t watched this episode, you can skip ahead to the discussion.
You have been warned.
Red Rush. In their short fight, Omni-Man grabs Red Rush by the head and squeezes while holding
Red Rush in the air. Initially, we see Red Rush’s glasses break and some epistaxis,
or bleeding from the nose. Then, we can see Red’s mandible, or lower jaw, dislocate
and his left eyeball begin to bulge out of the skull. Eventually, the compressive force
is too great and Omni-Man crushes REd’s skull with all its contents being ejected
outward into the air. Now, yes, I do get that this is a cartoon and that we are talking
about fictional superheroes. But, let us suspend our disbelief for the duration of this video
and look more closely at the injuries. First, I think that it is conceivable that with the
increased intra-cranial pressure that would come from this kind of compression, you would
get some bleeding from the nose, and even potentially an eye bulging out of the skull
in that fashion. You could also probably squeeze the skull tightly enough that the the jaw
would become dis-articulated, or dislocated as it was shown here. You could certainly
get the skull to pop like a balloon if the compression was great enough. However, as
the skull is quite rigid, the margin between being crushed and exploding would be quite
narrow. Failure would come quickly, and I am not certain that there would be as much
time between nose bleed, eye-popping, and disarticulation, and balloon popping. To be
honest, I am not sure why REd Rush didn’t just kick him in between the legs.
Darkwing. Omni-Man grabs Darkwing by the ankle as he descends, and swings him around through
the air, smashing his face into the floor...twice. The first time, we can hear Darkwing moaning
so we know that he is conscious, despite the extensive spattering of blood on the floor.
However, when he swings him around a second time, there can be no doubt of the outcome,
as Darkwing’s skull explodes into a 10 ft long spatter of blood and brains on the floor.
Initially, we would expect Darkwing to have suffered a facial fracture of sorts. Given
the force involved, I would expect a Le Fort 3 fracture, where the face has become fully
separate from the skull. This is a fracture pattern that involves bilateral fracture lines
though the maxilla, the zygomatic arches, the orbitals, and the nasal bones. Not pretty.
Omni-Man finishes Darkwing by doubling down on his leg whip causing Darkwing’s skull
to explode in brutal fashion. To be honest, I think that this is way more blood than what
we would expect to see in the skull as most of the space in the skull is occupied by the
brain and cerebrospinal fluid. But with enough force, I do think that you might be able to
splatter someone in that fashion. Of course, if you swing them hard enough, you might just
pull off their leg, but you would have to swing them really, really quickly and rather
suddenly. Having said that, we can see that Darkwing’s skeleton did not appreciate being
swung around like a bag of groceries, as we see Darkwing’s body momentarily laying on
the ground in a grossly contorted position.
Green Ghost. Her battle with Omni-Man was not even a battle. One second she is catching
Darkwing’s body in her arms. The next second her head becomes a bracelet for Omni-Man after
he punches her squarely in the face. Correction. Through the face, through the brain, and out
the back of the skull. This is an interesting injury because the size of Omni-Man’s fist
relative to the size of Green Ghost’s face, is comparable. In order to cause this sort
of penetrating injury, the speed and the power of impact would be quite large. With such
a high energy of impact exerted over such a large area of impact relative to the area
of the face, it is not certain whether Omni-Man would punch through the Green Ghost’s face
or whether instead, he would just knock her freaking head clean off her shoulders.
Aquarus. This fish-headed superhero is the next one to get it, as his skull is unceremoniously
bashed in by War Woman’s mace. His head is practically pulverized as it is struck
by Omni-man’s powerful swing. Now, being that Aquarus is a fish-like humanoid, it is
difficult to say whether this anatomy if more human-like or more fish-like. But if we assume
that the anatomy of his skull is similar to that of earth-borne fishes, we can speculate
that the bones that make up his skull are similar in form and function. Consequently,
we might expect Aquarus’ skull to be less rigid than the skull of a terrestrial animal
or human, making it more susceptible to this kind of damage. Either way, we can see that
it only takes one swing of the mace to turn Aquarus’ skull into an unrecognizable mess.
Sidebar: Omni-Man is clearly quite lethal in his battle with the GUardians in this scene.
Of particular note, is that the first three Guardians were all dispatched with attacks
involving the head. Note to self: If I am ever fighting a superhero, attack the head.
Quickest path to victory. End sidebar.
Martian Man. To be honest, I am not even sure how Omni-Man dispatched Martian Man here.
In their battle, Martian Man restrains Omni-man by encircling him several times. In his simplest
dispatch, Omni-Man simply peels off part of Martian Man’s anatomy to finish him off.
Despite the fact that martian man’s powers include elasticity, superhuman strength, superhuman
durability, and regeneration, all Omni-Man had to do was rip off a pound of flesh and
Martian Man was done. If you know what part of Martian Man this was, then let me know
in the comments.
War Woman. Omni-Man grabs War Woman’s head and spins it around 180 degrees, to the rear.
Unfortunately, this is not compatible with life as this type of injury mechanism would
involve occlusion of critical structures in the neck, including the trachea and the esophagus.
It would also cause disruption of, and possibly transection of the blood vessels of the neck
including the carotid arteries, the vertebral arteries, and the jugular veins. Furthermore,
this would result in fractures or dislocations of the cervical spine, and if at a high enough
level, quite possibly even an Atlanto-occipital dissociation which is basically an internal
decapitation. Obviously, if the vertebrae and the ligaments of the spinal column are
damaged, then the spinal cord itself is going to have issues. We can see the effect of this
with the instantaneous paralysis of War Woman before she falls to the ground and expires.
The worst part about this is that War Woman would have a short time to think about what
had happened before the lights went out for the last time.
THe Immortal. Having already mortally-wounded the Immortal earlier - isn’t that an oxymoron?
- with a gut punch that literally punched out his abdominal contents, Omni-Man returns
to the last of the Guardians to finish him off. Without a second thought, or even a word
for that matter, Omni-Man decapitates The Immortal with a Kung fu chop to the side of
the neck. Clearly, this involves transection of all of the structures injured with War
WOman, but rather than an internal decapitation, this is an actual decapitation that leaves
the Immortal’s head bouncing across the floor. Not much to add here other than that
Omni Man is 6 for 7 in terms of dispatching the Guardians with head attacks. And if the
Martian Man body part that was ripped off ending in his demise was from the Martian’s
head, then Omni-Man would be 7 for 7 for head attacks. You might even say that that is one
of Omni-Man’s super powers. Particularly lethal with curious ways to dispatch opponents
using structures above the shoulders.
If you were wondering, the part of the scene where Omni-Man dispatched Martian Man was
particularly interesting to me. I am not sure what he peeled off, but it was especially
effective, and made his interaction with Martian Man the easiest of the 7 dispatches.
On a side note, I am personally loving this show. When I found out that it was based on
an Image comic book, it made me want to start collecting comic books again. If you haven’t
checked it out yet, give it a watch on Amazon Prime.
Be sure to let me know in the comments whether you watch this show and if so, what was your
favorite part of this scene. Otherwise, If you like the video and you want to see another
one, then let me know that too, down below. Thanks for watching, I will see you for rounds
next week. And as always, that’s been a word from Dr. Chris, not your everyday ortho.