Captain Americas Most Nuanced Story (In Animation) 

It is night and day how this show handled Secret Invasion and how the MCU handled it.

EMH to MCU: That’s how you do a Secret Invasion.

also cap has a really cool line. I believe spider-man was freaking out because galactus is there and all and he asks cap how he can be so calm, and cap replies "Because I can hear it... Thunder!" yes it's a thor hype line but I always loved how cap says he can be calm because he knows his allies are helping.

What amazes me to no end is that not only did this show do a darn near perfect adaptation of Secret Invasion, almost even better than the comics did, it also gave a meaningful arc for Captain America, a character who wasn’t even IN the original Secret Invasion story! That’s some masterful story-crafting and character writing right there. This show really did a lot of things right in doing justice to the source material ✨

It was a really interesting creative liberty having Bucky Barnes actually die in WWII, but then having be brought back by the combined wish of both Captain America and Strucker. I was even more shocked when it's revealed that Bucky was the one who shot out Fury's right eye in this series.

I love how Zemo is always depicted as one of THE most dangerous villains, when he has no powers. 😂😂 But when you read the comics, watch the movies, or the show, you can see why everyone treats him like such a collosal threat😂

The other reason why the costumes changed was cause Disney wanted all of the characters costumes to look exactly like the ones in the MCU. They put the show on hiatus for a year because of this and dragged out this skrull plot. Then after it ended they replaced it with Avengers assemble with the Avengers looking more like the MCU versions. It's a pity I preferred avengers earths mightiest Heroes as a cartoon. I loved the look and aesthetics of the characters and the world which was similar to Jack Kirby's art work and the stories. I was also looking forward to seeing more plots with Dr Doom, the X-Men and the F4.

4:50 I’ve just now realized that was a huge foreshadowing look at his shadow it’s not captain America’s shadow even before the reveal that he was a skrull

Did steve rogers ever get family? Not like a wife and kids but like... He was frozen for 50 years, his brother could be 90 years old but still alive and with his own family.

What a like about the Purple Man Episode is that Vision knew from the start that Cap was not himself so he used the speech that Cap gave to him to help break free Cap.

You know what’s funny this show did both secret invasion and kind of a version of secret empire with Skrull cap technically speaking being sort of hydra cap but done better then the comics ever did in my opinion.

You're probably one of the best youtubers I've seen cover EMH. On a side note, this was the best adaptation of Secret Invasion and it made me feel disappointed with the MCU more than i already was 😅

So if it wasn't for the Kree, there wouldn't be a wormhole destroying the sun, Kang's wife wouldn't have stuck in time and thus Kang wouldn't time travel to conquer earth. How the hell did Kang's time travel investigations didn't know of the Kree's involvement? If it did, he would have gone for that faction instead.

4:48 You can see a Skrull shadow here. This show was Brilliant.

so sad disney had to cancel master pieces like this to make trash...

One detail I really like about Captain America's character that a lot of his depictions seem to forget, but I feel like was handled decently (if not explicitly) in EMH is that Cap is supposed to be the peak of human condition, not only physically but also *mentally*. He can bounce around his shield not because it's super special or the vibranium gives it that unique property; it certainly does help, but Cap's mind does the heavy lifting. Even if he is not particularly science smart, his brain is able to process information at the highest speed a human being should be capable of, allowing him to perfectly predict the trajectory of the shield. This depiction Cap displays it in ample quantities, and a very good example is the Purple Man episode, as you stated. He is very in tune with the people he works with and knows how to push their buttons to inspire them to greatness. He doesn't allow himself to be deceived, because as trusting and willing to believe in people as he is, he knows who to put his trust on and who isn't willing to be helped. He may not be the most learned individual, but he is decidedly the peak of ingenuity and insightfulness, and he sticks to his principles to the very end.

Wonder how long Thor is expecting Caps reputation to stay ruined, he is an immortal asgardian so Thor could be speaking of decades, although asgardian grudges would last longer with longer lives.

This episode scared me as a kid cause no one knew it was a fake and he stayed with them for so long

The skrull invasion arc was done so well, they simultaneously made cap even cooler and better by showing him survive the skrulls torture and free their prisoners, leading the freedom

16:30 i totally agree. Its even funnier because so many animals in nature ALSO have unyielding spirits, they just dont have the logic to use it as effectively as us, but i think its a trope because its easy to imagine bigger, stronger, faster, smarter enemies, and its also natural to root for underdogs, and acting like humanities spirit is amazing is an easy, unmeasurable way to turn the tide, make "sense" and support the underdog motif in fiction. However this makes me wonder how a "more unyielding" alien species would act. logically theres only so unyielding you can get, and an alien species that embodies that would probably seem irrational to us (space marines??)

To me as a kid i never saw the skrull take caps place so when te reveal did happen i was shocked as hell

Season 2 is EMH isn't quite as strong as the first, but it's still really fantastic. This version of Secret Invasion is better than the comics and way better than the MCU.

I kinda find it amusing how the skrull wore a suit very similar to the 1610 Ultimate Universe variant of Captain America, very telling how much the writers and creative team made sure to put in as much detail and love in as possible

I like the detail that it’s his ultimate universe suit. Making a sneaky commentary that Ultimate Captain America isn’t the real Cap.

Adding to the Cap v Cap. The real Captain America used a stone knife, one of the first tools of humanity. Kinda cool.

Nah the line about name, rank, and serial number was so cold it stuck with until this day after I saw it as a kid

16:15, funnily enough that's pretty much how we beat every other species on earth for the dominant spot, so it'd make sense that if we were to beat aliens it'd be in the same way

I can't wait for hanks breakdown for season 2

this was an amazing retrospective on the final cap arcs and the love letter to such a great show. R.I.P season 3

This is how storytelling should be

Good morning everyone, glad we can wake up to PEAK yet again

Another peak video, I absolutely love hearing you dive into these characters and storylines. Thank you so much for putting these videos out

God man, another reminder of how much miss this show. This show was made by a bunch of comic book nerds (I think of what I have read so far) which this series was originally made for the “Hulk” but became so much more (if you want further details, just look it up). It wasn’t the Avengers movie that introduced me to most of the these characters. It was this show that I watched on Disney XD along side with Ultimate Spider-man (to me, a guilty pleasure show now but today I prefer or recommend Spectacular). But great analysis man you definitely get my subscribe. Edit: sorry man I just wanted to fix something’s

I miss this spectacular gem of series Steve Rogers is the fucking goat

Was it just me or where Vipra and Cap kinda a vibe in the show. I very much remember thinking that the two would end up getting together when I was a kid

The producers of the show used captain america vol 3 #8 as an inspiration for this storyline along secret invaison that cameout 10 years after that comic. In the comics a fake agent of hydra who was an skrull replace captian america and tried to generate panic and ruined his image, so cap escaped and atopped the skrull evil plan

10:32 I think it's because of his training/life as a soldier. Soldiers are meant to hold up against torture when interrogated, as they cannot afford to give their plans to the enemy.

29:10 Also, that episode did show Tony has also grown, as even when he's aware he can't really do anything, he still tries to help.

This was a good arc for Captain America from having his Identity Stolen and his repartition ruined but he still kept to his Hero ideals seeing him The only one to believe Hulk’s Innocent seeing that Vision could be more than what he was created for and his respect for Spider-Man always doing the right thing even when the world is against him.

Honestly Season 2 was my favorite season of this show. I might go back & rewatch the show for a third time.

9:33 EMH confirmed Hulk used to be Gray in this universe

Man I love this guys videos it fr make my day Idk how a 50 min video can end so fast

All these episodes made me a Cap fan especially with him getting our Hulk back and not trusting Red Hulk one bit

17:35 At the very least they had the decency to not destroy Bucky's statue.

Always like the design of Skrull Captain America always wanted MCU Cap to adopt this look especially the force field shield or thought Bucky should get a force field shield with his arm

I wanted to say, sadly for a long time there was not much content about this show on RU-vid. I would check every couple of months, and there'd be one or two good videos at most per year. It makes me so happy that you have been pumping them out on a regular basis.

I remember during the Secret Invasion arc of season 2, I always found Queen Veranke really annoying. I know in the comics, Norman Osborn kills Veranke by impaling her with the American flag straight out of the Patriot, and I just wished we had something akin to that in Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

Double ads every three minutes should be an illegal thing to do, but the video was good

4:50 totally has a skrull in the shadow. Never noticed that before

14:58 MORE LIKE: *DOCTOR DOOM Finding the way to*

18:37 I always knew that, deep inside I knew, there should have been spectacular Spider-man. I hate you, Disney!

Now hear me out... they took Hulk's body to swap out... whos gonna stop him 😂

0 views in 0 seconds Fell o- Nah just kidding. This gonna be a fun watch.

In other words captain america always believes in people even when they don't believe in themselves.

This is why this is my Favourite Version of Captain America! EMH Forever!

Were so back, just in time for breakfast

I would love one day for another seasons of this show. I was waiting for captain America and Viper to be a thing because there were a chemistry between them. It would have been amazing to see that on screen ❤️🇦🇺

This reminds of the Secret Empire event that came out after the show. Although this show was way better written than that.

The power of the indomitable human spirit

Vid was amazing, but I need that Iron Man armored adventures Pt 2 ❤

wow that last bit really got me. damn good show.

3 questions 1. How would you feel if “The Deadliest Man Alive” was the 15th episode of the series instead of Powerless ? 2. How would you feel if Spider-Man interacted with more heroes in EMH ? 3. When did Captain America get kidnapped twice ? I thought he was only kidnapped once by the Skrulls unless if you want to count the time, he was kidnapped by the Masters of Evil.

My Goat ❤️

Love your videos men. I hope you do more X men evolution down the line.

Your voice is immaculate brother

SECOND SEASON TIME

This will always be my favorite depiction of Captain America.

Wait I swear this show was canceled before we got to see what happened to Steve and the Skrulls, I've never seen past that cliffhanger.

9:25 Because of course, the military doesn't ever see race. /s

I saw all the vids up to this point lol

21:20 oh no! is the man behind the slaughter!

16:28 Yeah that gets annoying after a while. Just once I'd like a story where a non-human species has more of an indomitable will and determination than humans.

Amazing Video, definitely going to subscribe and watch your other content 👍

Cap ran towards the fake hammer like ooo ooo i always wanted to use this

Are you going to do the thanos of this animation series?

t was great today video

Like u, i love both season S1 is great ad building the word, but not just ad S2 but and some point in s1 the show lust let the world bread and use the story's from the comics and a little of them self to make a amazing series

16:16 Thank you! The indomitable human spirit is such a positive and uplifting message, but people just had to apply this weird human supremacy angle to it. It's why I can not stand HFY stories.

Weren't comic skulls identical in every minute way, even in memories? Like they wouldn't even remember being skrulls themselves until their memories are activated?

It's so peak dawg 😩😩😩

18:44 Josh Keaton is actually in this episode because they forgot to dub over one of his lines. It’s very quick, he says something to the extent of “Is this safe?” but it’s very distinctly him and not Dr*ke Bell

as usua, the undominable human spirit saves the world

I mean yeah but there’s no cgi drax arms

Your videos are amazing but Jesus christ chill on the ads

cap is the only one that hulk actualy respects beside black widow cus cap is the only one who called him hulk in the mcu and everyone else called him bruce

spiderman vid perhaps?

my question is just how the real captain america was able to fix his broken suit on the skrull ship?

Woulda been awesome if Skrull Cap would be just as honorable as Real Cap was. Cuz at this point, Real Cap's sense of honor is so stronkk it might as well be a superpower, and Skrulls do love copying superpowers.

Make a vídeo about captain Marvel

so is he dead?

Now make a vídeo about wolverine spider Man and the fantastic four

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Why does cap have a serial number

Generic comment for the skrulls.

Marvel animated did it way better. Mcu did civil war well. I tried to watch the mcu s.i. and got bored.

mmmm yummy cap

Honestly I like Drake Bell voice as Spider-Man than Keaton but I will die on this hill. Also the episode that guest starred Spider-Man helping Cap is one of my favorite episodes. "I know who you are Spider-Man I've talked to the firefighters, police, and people you saved you do this without recognition reward or even thanks"

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