Top 10 Reasons Why Megamind Vs The Doom Syndicate Flopped

The 2010 film Megamind was beloved by many fans, even despite its competition with a similar movie, Despicable Me, which was released in the same year. However, in 2024, shortly after the trailer for Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate was released, it immediately received backlash from many Megamind fans, and it's hard to blame them.

Imagine waiting 14 years for a continuation of a masterpiece, only to be given a film that was not only below average compared to the original but also vastly lower in quality. This list will discuss the flaws that led to Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate receiving a significant amount of backlash.

I know I'm almost two years late in making this list, but I thought it'd be nice to discuss this low-quality movie. I shall warn you about spoilers, by the way.

The Top Ten

The contradiction of what was shown in the first movie

The first movie made it clear that Megamind grew up alone, with nobody but Minion and his Brainbots. Yet, this movie suggests that Megamind was once part of a villainous team, which does not make any sense, considering Megamind's motivation for his villainy was being looked down upon by everyone in his school and his rivalry with Metroman.
To add salt to the wound, spoiler alert, the post-credit scene reveals that Megamind had a mentor who taught him everything he knows, which is impossible, as Megamind grew up in a prison where the inmates taught him all of that.
Megamind's utter stupidity

Megamind is supposed to be this super genius who loves his presentation, right? Not in this movie, he is not. Megamind had a hard time figuring out how to do even simple tasks like operating a toaster, let alone stopping his old villain team that isn't even nearly as powerful as Tighten.
How did Megamind go from being able to invent so many cool inventions to using tennis balls to stop a group of villains? One of the easiest solutions to stopping the Doom Syndicate would be to turn them into ice cubes with the Dehydration Gun and that would be the end of the story. Yet, everyone is supposed to be all so lucky to have him as their hero.
Megamind's character development thrown out the window

I get that in the first movie, Megamind had flaws like having an ego, but 1) it made sense because he was a villain, and 2) those flaws were not as exaggerated as in the sequel. Megamind went through creating a hero who turned out to be a villain and finding love after all those years of loneliness to renounce his evil ways and become a selfless hero.
In this movie, he acts way more unlikable than when he was a villain. I mean, just two days after his battle with Tighten, he treats Minion like dirt again, even after reflecting on that mistake in prison.
The low-quality animation

While Megamind 2010 and The Button of Doom had animation quality high enough that it looked nearly realistic, this movie and Megamind Rules had animation quality that felt more like a PS2 game than a 2020s movie. If a movie that was made 13 years ago has better animation quality than the movie that was just released, that's already a sign that the movie is likely to be not even as good as the original.
Minion's name changed to Ol' Chum

Now I know that this is because the word "minion" is associated with the yellow creatures from Despicable Me, but first of all, the word "minion" is not a word invented and owned by Universal. It's obviously another word for "servant," which has been the case long before Universal even existed.
Secondly, it doesn't make sense for Minion to change his name, because he was the one who taught Megamind in The Button of Doom to be himself in the first place. And to make matters worse, instead of adding a compelling reason for Minion to change his name in the movie (such as because Megamind views Minion as a friend rather than a servant), they throw in a senseless and unfunny copyright joke that a fast-food restaurant gave a cease-and-desist order. But honestly, they should have kept his name, Minion, anyway, regardless of the name's association.
Megamind's relationship with Roxanne virtually forgotten

Those who watched the first movie have seen Megamind grow to genuinely love Roxanne to the point that they become a couple. In Megamind Vs The Doom Syndicate, the movie barely expands on their romantic relationship, and in fact, it seems to completely forget it altogether because their relationship is "too complicated." This was thankfully fixed in the second season of Megamind Rules, but come on.
The characters not having the original voice actors

I don't have anything against the new voice actors like Keith Ferguson, and in fact have respect for them. However, because the characters like Megamind, Minion, and pretty much everyone in general don't sound the same as in the first movie, it just feels out of place. Oddly enough, Keith Ferguson voiced Megamind in the video game, yet he did a splendid job sounding virtually like Will Ferrell, much better than in this movie.
The bland and forgettable villains

Other than The Doom Syndicate being an unnecessary addition to the franchise, they are just cliché flat villains who want to cause trouble without any clear motivation.
And don't even get me started on the Fish Gang. They add nothing to the plot other than to show some action scenes in the movie. Even Tighten, who was arguably a more badass character, was more interesting in spite of his creepy obsession with Roxanne.
Keiko Morita's character

I can understand why many people hate this character, as do I. Keiko Morita seems to only exist to make the plot move forward by being a stereotypical "perfect" character who knows how to solve every problem without any flaws.
Now, strong characters are not the problem, do not get me wrong. The problem is that many characters have a bland personality without any struggles or flaws that make them human and interesting. But in general, I'd say most of the characters in this movie were terrible.
The setting of the movie

I get that this movie was obviously made in the 2020s, but it was said that the events of this movie took place two days after the events of the first movie. So how can there be 2020s style smartphones when it took place in 2010 when flip phones were more common at the time (as shown in the first movie)? I'm getting the idea that this movie is trying way too hard to be relevant, yet it can't decide what era it takes place in.