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Your soul will fall shackled to the horror... of an infinite nightmare!
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~ Invictus while chasing the Team Squad.
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I am the shadow cast, and the light beyond. Your very breath and the choices you make are my gifts. I am in all life.
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~ Invictus to Ash Graven.
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You have two paths ahead of you, my child: Stay with the Gary to your doom... or join me, and burn this universe to nothingness, so that all of us can begin... again. Three days to choose your path. My power is increasing. Soon, nothing will hold me back.
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~ Invictus' ultimatum to Ash after enhancing her powers.
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Invictus is the main antagonist of the adult animated sci-fi series Final Space.
It is a malevolent god-like entity that is responsible for corrupting the Titans (except Bolo), a race of cosmic beings that were once meant to keep the balance in the universe, but ended up creating chaos due to its corruption. Invictus is imprisoned inside Final Space and seeks to escape it through using Mooncake and his powers so that it could consume life across all dimensions. It also being responsible for opening the breach in Final Space and empowering the Lord Commander and Ash Graven. It is the archenemy of both Bolo and Mooncake and Gary Goodspeed's second archenemy, following the Lord Commander.
It was voiced by Vanessa Marshall.
Biography[]
Season 2[]
Invictus was first mentioned in the season premiere for Season 2 where Nightfall kills the Lord Commander but additionally tells him that when his master inevitably revived him, she was coming for them next. Sure enough, shortly after the Lord Commander's death, his body dissolves into energy as a demonic voice is heard implying that Invictus wasn't through with him yet.
The episode "Arachnitects" provides further information about the enigmatic Invictus. According to the Arachnitects, they were created by a higher race of beings beyond comprehension and they in turn formed Final Space, bringing the Titans into existence to assist them. However, once they reached the edge of the universe, Invictus sprang from seemingly nowhere, killing the beings of light that created the Arachnitects and poisoned the minds of the Titans, corrupting them against their creators. The only Titan that didn't fall under Invictus' influence was Bolo, who managed to seal the Titans and Invictus into Final Space.
Invictus attempted to escape Final Space throughout the millennia, at one point very nearly succeeding, until Gary Goodspeed's father, John Goodspeed, sacrificed himself to close a rift to Final Space, the resulting explosion culminating in Mooncake's birth. Mooncake's presence created a rift in the universe, weakening the walls of Final Space and leaving the universe vulnerable to the Titans, so the Arachnitects vote to take Mooncake and send him into Final Space as a way of fixing the cosmological imbalance.
On the Crimson Light, Mooncake hears Invictus, taunting that while he and the others were safe now, they would still find a way to escape.
In "The Closer You Get", Gary is told of a way he could communicate with Quinn by Avocato who was slowly recovering his memories. In order to get to Final Space, Gary goes through a series of trails, and reunites with Quinn, with it also confirming that Nightfall's words on Gary always being the one to sacrifice himself to the breach are true when he sees dozens of corpses of different reality versions of himself drifting in Final Space, having been killed from the anti-matter bomb. Invictus is revealed to have been keeping Quinn as their hostage and takes possession of Gary's body. They then try to kill Avocato and Little Cato through their new vessel, but opts to take Avocato when they sensed that he was stronger. They tempt Avocato with the notion that Gary stole Little Cato from him, and they seemingly mortally wound Gary. Being forced to shoot him, Invictus has Avocato disown his son, and vanishes.
In "The Sixth Key", Invictus, still possessing Avocato, tries to prevent the Team Squad from entering Inner Space. It first pursues them in a ship, but Little Cato reluctantly blasts the ship down, allowing them to enter Inner Space. However, Invictus follows them inside and attacks Gary, preparing to kill him. Before it can do so, the Team Squad arrives to save Gary, but Invictus uses Avocato's combat prowess and strength to effortlessly overpower all of them. During the battle, Invictus manages to catch Little Cato and nearly strangles him to death, but before it can do so, Ash Graven, having witnessed the death of her maternal figure, Nightfall, uses her rage to unleash her powers in a massive blast of energy that exorcises Invictus out of Avocato's body, forcing it to flee back to Final Space.
Afterward, Gary and the Team Squad go into Final Space with Bolo in order to save Quinn. They enter Final Space with the help of the Arachnitects, who seal the entrance behind them to prevent the Titans from escaping. Inside Final Space, the team finds Quinn amongst alternate versions of Gary that Invictus had killed. Gary leaves the Crimson Light and reunites with Quinn, but they are far from out of the woods: Invictus is waiting for them.
Season 3[]
In "...And Into the Fire", Invictus stages a trap for the Crimson Light and sets the corpses of the Garys from alternate timelines on Gary and Quinn. It also has two Titans intercept the ship whilst gloating that their souls would be shackled to an infinite nightmare.
In "The Ventrexian", after Nightfall killed the Lord Commander, Invictus saved him from the brink of death, promising to make him a Titan if he were to release him from his prison. To do so, the Lord Commander would need to find Mooncake. Invictus also cures Lord Commander of his prior weaknesses ensuring that the Lord Commander would not die when he drew from his powers.
In "One of Us", it's revealed that Invictus possesses countless people so it can grow more powerful. It alarms the Lord Commander that Sheryl Goodspeed has escaped, possesses Fox and shows disappointment when the Lord Commander lets Mooncake escape before giving him his ship. It's also shown that Invictus chose Ash Graven and empowered her.
In "All the Moments Lost", Invictus is hidden in the black hole that the Team Squad has to escape from. While they ultimately succeed, Ash enters the black hole to confront Invictus. An episode later, in "Change is Gonna Come", Ash and Invictus come face to face, Ash seeing its true form. Invictus claims that it wants to destroy the universe and start from the beginning, and that Gary will kill Fox in countless timelines. Invictus empowers Ash, gives her a second eye and changes her hair, alongside giving a choice - teaming up with Invictus or staying with Gary. She has three days to decide.
An episode later, in "The Chamber of Doubt", the Team Squad enters Bolo's mind, who was temporarily driven insane by Invictus due to a wound inflicted on him by another Titan named Oreskis. Ash encounters the only sane part of Bolo's mind remaining, and the two enter the titular chamber. Here, Ash finds Fox, who tells Ash his tragic backstory. However, while Ash is unaware of this, Fox is actually dead and Invictus is puppeteering his corpse. Gary enters the Chamber of Doubt, where the Invictus-possessed Fox attacks him. While laying on the ground, Invictus possesses Gary's robotic arm, turns it into a blade and stabs Fox with it, making it seem like Gary killed Fox - just like Invictus said to Ash. Invictus then abandons Fox's body in the Chamber of Doubt and leaves Bolo's mind, once again making the Titan sane.
Two episodes later, in "Hyper-Transdimensional Bridge Rising", Invictus returns, possessing a zombie Gary and angrily ordering the Lord Commander to invade Earth and kill the Team Squad, but not before choking him.
In "The Devil's Den", Invictus is finally freed due to Ash absorbing the "key" from Mooncake and escapes Final Space. As punishment for his betrayal, Invictus imprisons the Lord Commander in a crystallized box, the same thing which it used to Bolo long ago, and leaves him behind to rot for eternity. After escaping from its confinement, Invictus shows his monstrous ultimate form to the Team Squad.
Appearance[]
Invictus's first form is a fiery head with two horns, four eyes (potentially a fifth one on its forehead) and a permanent menacing smile. Its second projection is a pink Eye of Sauron-like eye with a pitch black pupil.
Invictus' true appearance is a gigantic, pitch-black figure with a bull-like head, four pink eyes and six pink lines on the torso.
Personality[]
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You're a parasite. Infecting everything around you.
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~ Ash calling Invictus a parasite.
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Invictus is a force of pure evil. Its only goal is to destroy all life in every dimension and uses a wide variety of heinous methods to achieve this goal. It's shown to be an incredibly sadistic entity, taking undisguised delight in psychologically tormenting its victims, so much so that even those it possesses almost always have a cruel smile on their face. It is a master manipulator who bestows great power on those it deems useful and easily led (such as the Lord Commander and Ash) and offers to give them what they desire most in exchange for their servitude. This is shown when it offers to make the Lord Commander a Titan if he captures Mooncake and seemingly reunites Ash with Fox (who was already dead and being used as a puppet by it) only to make Gary kill him in front of her in a way that makes it look like he betrayed, turning her against him and making her loyal to it. In the rare event that things don't go according to plan, such as when the Lord Commander betrays it to fuse with the Earth Titan, it gets incredibly angry and even screams in its fury.
It has an immense hatred for Gary Goodspeed that extends throughout multiple dimensions, killing countless versions of him and collecting his corpses from every timeline as a grisly trophy's. Its plot to corrupt Ash throughout her time in Final Space revolves around making Gary a scapegoat for its murder of Fox, ensuring she despises him as much as it does. Curiously, it seems to avoid killing the current Gary whenever the opportunity arises and instead seems to go out of its way to drag out his suffering by killing those he loves, seemingly determined to take away everything and everyone Gary loves and drive him to the brink of despair.
Although, prolonging Gary's life may be less cruelty and more strategy, since Invictus needed two final "keys" for its escape: Mooncake and Ash. To harness the power from Mooncake, it needed Ash, but needed Ash to willingly join it, which was achieved through deception and turning Ash against Gary, an act that couldn't be done if he were dead. Invictus repeatedly called Ash "my child," in an attempt to exploit her feelings of isolation by filling the void of her deceased family members; Invictus also used the address as to reinforce Ash's fear and eventual indoctrination about her powers coming from it, thus she is family in a more literal sense. Which all displays how Invictus' strongest traits are cunning and manipulation; and despite rage over its imprisonment for eternities, it can be patient in enacting its escape. All of its plans, however, are based around suffering and pain, reinforcing the entity's inherent malice.
Invictus seems to consider itself an infallible god, which is shown clearly anytime a servant disobeys or even rebels against it; it labels defiant action as "heresy," and accuses traitors like Lord Commander of being a "heretic." This delusion of grandeur is also shown after its rants about eradicating every universe, as it tries to assert it will create some sort of divine paradise in its place, which appears self-contradictory to its pontification about ending all life altogether. Due to the magnitude and versatility of its powers, its claims of godhood aren't entirely baseless.
Appearances[]
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Season 2[]
- "The Toro Regatta" (mentioned/only voice heard)
- "Arachnitects"
- "The Closer You Get"
- "The Sixth Key"
Season 3[]
- "...And Into The Fire"
- "The Ventrexian"
- "One of Us"
- "All The Moments Lost"
- "Change is Gonna Come"
- "The Chamber of Doubt"
- "Hyper-Transdimensional Bridge Rising" (only as a zombie Gary)
- "Until the Sky Falls" (only as zombie Garys)
- "The Dead Speak"
- "The Devil's Den"
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Season 3[]
Gallery[]
Images[]
Invictus and the
Titans imprisoned in Final Space.
Invictus possessing Gary.
Invictus possessing Avocato.
Invictus in the Season 3 teaser.
Invictus chasing the Crimson Light.
Invictus possessing Fox and grinning evilly at Gary.
Invictus possessed Fox taking control of Gary's robot arm.
Invictus activating the arms sword.
Invictus making Gary kill Fox.
Invictus freed and imprisoning the Lord Commander.
Videos[]
Final space- INVICTUS POSSESSES SEASON 2 EPISODE 9 EPISODE 19
Possessed Avocato fights the team squad Final space season 2 episode 13
The History Of The Universe - Final Space (S2E6)
Bolo is freed, Avocato is cleansed, Nightfall dies. Final space season 2 episode 13
Escaping Invictus - Final Space (S3E1)
Lord Commander & Invictus Join Forces - Final Space (S3E3)
Ash Confronts Invictus - Final Space (S3E6)
Ash's Transformation - Final Space (S3E6)
Gary Kills Fox - Final Space (S3E7) The Chamber of Doubt
Invictus and The Lord Commander have a chat - Final Space(S3E9) Hyper-Transdimensional Bridge Rising
Ash Vs. Mooncake-Invictus Is Freed - Final Space (S3E13)
The End - Final Space (S3E13)
Trivia[]
- Invictus' character is heavily inspired by the Devil of Christian theology. Like the Devil, Invictus corrupted the formerly benevolent Titans against their creators, and its punishment of being sealed within Final Space is based on Satan being banished to Hell alongside his followers.
- Invictus' name is a Latin word that translates to "undefeated" or "invincible."
- Ironically, Invictus would unintentionally be left undefeated by the end of the series due to the show’s cancellation, due to the proposed WarnerMedia and Discovery merger at the time the series was confirmed to be cancelled. This might change in the future, given how series' creator announced that a graphic novel will be released in 2024. Apparently it took longer because of the challenge in getting a license.
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