Look What They Need to Mimic a Fraction of Our Power — Animated Omni-Man snarling at his son Mark with subtitle reading 'Look what they need just to mimic a

Look What They Need to Mimic a Fraction of Our Power

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Published October 30, 2026

Omni-Man's dismissive line to his son during a father-son brawl in Invincible became a smug comparison image macro on Reddit in May 2021. Posters began slapping the screencap of the Viltrumite pointing at fighter jets onto any argument where they wanted to flex one thing over another, from anime power rankings to Flash game soundtracks.

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Overview

The template uses a screenshot of Omni-Man gesturing toward two fighter jets while delivering the line to his son Invincible, who hovers nearby in his yellow and blue suit1. In the image macro form, the jets stand in for whatever the poster wants to mock as weak or inferior, while Invincible's viewpoint represents the superior thing being flexed2. The tone is condescending and self-aggrandizing, matching Omni-Man's smug attitude in the scene itself.

Early posts leaned into fandom one-upmanship, with My Hero Academia and video game soundtracks among the first subjects of the comparison23. Some versions keep the original subtitle intact and only edit the labels onto the jets and Invincible, while video edits layer Omni-Man holding up a phone or placard with the inferior item on screen6. Alongside Think, Mark, this is one of two major meme formats pulled from the same Invincible episode1.

Origin & Background

Platform
Invincible (source) / Reddit (viral spread)
Date
2021

Season 1 episode 8 of the Amazon Prime Original animated series Invincible premiered on April 29, 20211. In the episode's opening act, Omni-Man tries to convince his son Mark to help him conquer Earth, and during their airborne fight he points at two fighter jets scrambling below, telling Invincible, "Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power"8. The scene was uploaded to YouTube within days of the premiere, where fans clipped the subtitled screenshot8.

The earliest known meme use appeared on May 1, 2021, when Redditor u/Merlo_24 posted the subtitled screencap to r/BokuNoMetaAcademia with a My Hero Academia caption, collecting over 1,000 upvotes in a month2. Omni-Man creator Robert Kirkman and Amazon did not create the macro; fans built it from a direct screengrab of the episode1.

How It Spread

The format moved to r/dankmemes on May 11, 2021, when u/HiMyNameIsLD applied the smug comparison to video games, with the post earning more than 6,200 upvotes over three weeks3. From Reddit the screencap crossed to Twitter later that month in less wholesome form. On May 22, user @rvrrbrkly posted an image set under the caption "updated list of slurs to use against white people," which earned over 2,000 likes and 1,900 retweets4. Two days later, @kernArtist replied with the Omni-Man edit labeling the previous list as a slur against Black people, picking up more than 400 likes5.

Instagram meme pages amplified both the format and the Twitter exchange above. On May 26, 2021, @LargeTrap posted a video combining the slurs tweet with a motion edit of Omni-Man raising a phone, which earned over 159,000 likes within five days6. The next day, @pedros_friend used the scene to boast about the soundtrack of the Flash game Age of War, collecting more than 1,800 likes and 7,900 views in four days7.

By the end of May 2021, the template was established alongside Think, Mark as a go-to Omni-Man reaction, used anywhere a poster wanted to look down on an alternative1. Later Invincible seasons kept the character in rotation, and the macro is still referenced in Omni-Man fan compilations.

Timeline

2021-04-29

Invincible season 1 episode 8 premieres on Amazon Prime Video, including the father-son rooftop fight where Omni-Man delivers the fighter jets line.

2021-05-01

Redditor u/Merlo_24 posts the first known image macro using the screencap to r/BokuNoMetaAcademia with a My Hero Academia caption.

2021-05-11

U/HiMyNameIsLD posts a video games version to Reddit that earns over 6,200 upvotes.

2021-05-22

Twitter user @rvrrbrkly posts the slurs thread that will be remixed with the Omni-Man scene two days later.

2021-05-24

Twitter user @kernArtist replies with an Omni-Man edit labeling the earlier list as a slur, extending the format onto Twitter.

2021-05-26

Instagram meme page @LargeTrap posts a motion edit of Omni-Man holding up a phone, earning over 159,000 likes in five days.

2021-05-27

Instagram page @pedros_friend posts a version praising the Age of War soundtrack.

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