These 10 MODOK Variants Are Even Weirder than What ‘Quantumania’ Gave Us

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Say what you’ll in regards to the portrayal of M.O.D.O.Ok. in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, however he’s actually received folks speaking. As an alternative of giving us a extra comedian book-accurate interpretation of the bulbous-headed supervillain, normally often known as George Tarleton, the MCU’s Section 5 opener determined to take a pre-existing character and switch them into some sort of self-parodic cross between Humpty Dumpty and a Minion (full with unwarranted nudity that’s making followers fear about Marvel’s sanity).

For these complaining in regards to the MCU’s M.O.D.O.Ok., nonetheless, simply bear in mind that issues may have been an entire lot weirder in Quantumania than they already had been. The entire level of the character — whose acronym typically stands for Mechanized Organism Designed Just for Killing, though generally Mechanized is changed with Psychological — is that he’s usually used as an outlet by Marvel creators to poke enjoyable at their very own universe. One thing that’s made abundantly clear by M.O.D.O.Ok.’s many hilarious and off-beat variants within the comics. Don’t imagine us? Check out these eggheads…

Zombie M.O.D.O.Ok.

Because of the existence of the Marvel Zombies universe — generally often known as Earth-Z — we have now dystopian variants of many a well-recognized character. Surprisingly, although, regardless of his large mind, Earth-Z’s M.O.D.O.Ok. didn’t survive for lengthy as Evil Lifeless crossover comedian Marvel Zombies/Military of Darkness #3 featured a shot of Tarleton’s skeletal corpse being picked clear by Zombie Hawkeye and Zombie She-Hulk. Bleurgh.

Aldrich Killian M.O.D.O.Ok.

The MCU’s M.O.D.O.Ok. turning out to be a mutated Darren Cross was a wild tackle the character, however surprisingly it’s not the primary time the franchise has performed with the concept of turning a previous villain into the big-headed dangerous man. The non-canon Iron Man 3: The Official Recreation beforehand imagined that Aldrich Killian’s consciousness was downloaded by A.I.M. right into a deformed clone physique simply earlier than his dying. Sure, mainly he was Palpatine-d.

D.E.A.D.P.O.O.L.

Deadpool variants don’t are inclined to get alongside, as is the case with Dreadpool and his military of evil Deadpools who invaded Earth-616 in an try and kill the prime Wade Wilson. Amongst his troops was D.E.A.D.P.O.O.L., a M.O.D.O.Ok. mash-up. He most likely wasn’t one of many smartest variants of both character, although, as he was rapidly dispatched by Wade’s ally, Pandapool.

Mo-Cranium

Generally you don’t want one other universe to be launched to get a bizarre variant, generally they will simply be dreamed up by some random character in a weird fantasy sequence. Such is the case with Mo-Cranium, who — as you’ll be able to most likely guess — is a mix of M.O.D.O.Ok. and Pink Cranium. When civilian Bernie Rosenthal had a imaginative and prescient of herself as Bernie America, she imagined stopping Mo-Cranium from conquering the galaxy to… begin his personal chain of Pizza Huts? OK, you do you, Mo-Cranium.

M.O.O.D.O.Ok.

Spider-Ham’s Earth is house to the best puns in your entire Marvel multiverse, with Peter Porker’s allies and enemies all being hilarious animalistic twists on acquainted characters. There’s Kangaroo the Conqueror, Ducktor Doom and The Bee-Yonder, however proper now we’re going to shine a light-weight on the straightforward brilliance of M.O.O.D.O.Ok., who’s certainly a variant of M.O.D.O.Ok. who simply occurs to be a cow.

B.R.O.D.O.Ok.

This one isn’t really a variant from a unique universe however one other kind taken by 616’s M.O.D.O.Ok. himself. Throughout a short-lived try at redemption, George Tarleton constructed himself a brand new, a lot hotter, physique, and devoted his life to discovering romance, rebranding himself as B.R.O.D.O.Ok. (Bio-Robotic Organism Designed Overwhelmingly for Kissing). Sadly, no girl needed him and he swiftly returned to his supervillain methods.

M.O.D.O.R.D.

As evidenced within the above entry, lots of the multiverse’s M.O.D.O.Ok.s are designed for different issues other than killing, a few of that are unusually particular. That’s the case with M.O.D.O.R.D., aka Psychological Organism Designed Just for Curler Derby. It’s unclear precisely what his function was initially, however he got here in useful for the Grandmaster when he challenged the X-Males member Dazzler to a curler derby championship.

M.O.D.O.Ok. (however the Ok stands for Knitting)

The LEGO franchise has all the time equipped us with hilarious parodies or spoof variations of beloved characters, and that features M.O.D.O.Ok. When the LEGO Avengers infiltrated A.I.M., they found the existence of one of many unique M.O.D.O.Ok.’s experimental siblings. Though they sport the identical acronym, this M.O.D.O.Ok. is definitely a Psychological Organism Designed Just for Knitting. As a result of generally even supervillains want some good heat woolen put on.

Elvis Presley M.O.D.O.Ok.s

No, this isn’t an Elvis Presley variant who turned a M.O.D.O.Ok. (at the least, we don’t suppose), it’s a lot stranger than that. When anti-terrorist superhero workforce Nextwave — which incorporates the likes of Elsa Bloodstone and Monica Rambeau — infiltrated the Past Company’s State 51 facility, they had been confronted with a trio of M.O.D.O.Ok. clones who for some purpose regarded like The King. May this be the proper function for Austin Butler within the MCU?

M.O.D.A.A.Ok

The Elvis M.O.D.O.Ok.s come shut, however the weirdest M.O.D.O.Ok. variant bar none needs to be M.O.D.A.A.Ok. aka Psychological Organism Designed As America’s King. Hailing from Spider-Gwen’s actuality, M.O.D.A.A.Ok. is a particularly thinly veiled parody of Donald Trump, who was working for workplace of the comedian’s publication. Whereas it’s not nice to consider Trump present all through the multiverse, at the least we all know that in each universe he has tiny arms.