In The Mind Of Tighten | Character Analysis

In this entry we’ll be taking a closer look at the supervillain Tighten/Titan from the DreamWorks animated movie, Megamind.

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[alexvaughan]

Megamind: "I made you a hero. You did the fool part on your own."

[ceegk]

Before Injustice Superman, Homelander, and Omni man, there was this guy

[jamiegioca]

*Roxanne:* Please don't do this! i know there's still good in you, Hal.
*Hal:* You're so naive, Roxanne. You see the good in everybody even when it's not there.

This part started hitting different after hearing the "Power makes you more of what you are" bit

[speedracer]

Tighten embodies the trope of evil cannot comprehend good. He can’t understand why having powers doesn’t immediately win over Roxanne, nor why anyone would want to be a hero if it doesn’t get them the girl. Ultimately, Hal couldn’t recognize the flaws in his view of what it meant to be a superhero.

[MrMarinus]

A big word for him is entitlement. "You're supposed to be with me!" He considers Roxanne to be his right.

[pizzaplanettruck]

In addition to his share of bullies, Hal may have been raised by a single mother, hence why he believed "Space-Dad" was his father, and why Minion was "Space-Step-Mom" and not just "Space-Mom".

[superstarultra]

Megamind is so underrated and was way ahead of its time.

[Starlight-is-awesometacular]

Not every bad guy has to have a tragic backstory. Some people really are just born phychopath’s.

[masonmancoffey]

This is the most realistic villain ever

[alexvaughan]

The Virgin Tighten: Gets rejected. Gains power and becomes a mass murderer.

The Chad Ken: Gets rejected. Acts like a dickhead at first, but learns to love himself wthout Barbie's validation and that he is Kenough.

[MrMarinus]

Tighten is more so about someone who now can do whatever he wants without consequences.

[Abergsma]

You know when you look at Titan’s story it goes with the two quotes: With great power comes great responsibility and It’s either you die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Titan uses his new gift carelessly instead of taking full responsibility of it and eventually ends up becoming evil because of his ego.

[davidframe]

also he broke the superhero golden rule and that is not to reveal you identity towards your love interest

[Ender_Rock]

I'm glad you mentioned the bully thing... something people often forget is that "nice guys" are most likely mentally unwell to some degree, thus never is there any hospitality or attempt to understand these people, but rather just more of what they don't need (bullying)
In reality, people like hal just need professional help.

[fox-jake]

Megamind is an underrated film and I honestly think it satirizes the superhero movie genre better than the Incredibles.

[NastyApple]

Tighten was the modern day nice guy who couldn’t take the pain anymore…

[afrodan]

Tighten is his actual hero name since Titan was already trademarked

[henrybierman]

"Now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb"
-Lord Helmet a long, long, long time ago

[domidium]

Considering how often I've heard about tormented nerds becoming villains upon receiving super abilities, it's nothing short of astounding that Peter Parker turnout out as good as he did when he became Spider-man.

[MadChristoph]

His past was that he was the snotty boy from Barnyard