Canon History

[neveradamsel]

A brief overview:

Roxanne’s life seems to be compromised of two absolute certainties – she is going to get kidnapped by Megamind and she is going to be rescued by Metro Man. That’s how the story always goes, isn’t it? The girl is kidnapped by the evil mastermind and the handsome, heroic superhero boyfriend swoops in to save the day.

Except Roxanne is hardly a damsel, and Metro Man is hardly her boyfriend.

But we’re really getting off subject here, aren’t we?

This story starts off as so many others do – abducted after delivering her news report, Roxanne is whisked to Megamind’s lair where she is promptly tied to a chair and is used as bait (again) to lure Metro Man into the city’s observatory where Megamind intends to kill him with a death ray comprised of the power of the sun. Fairly standard, really. No one really expects Megamind to succeed, because he never does. Good always conquers and all that jazz.

Except this time it doesn’t. Megamind’s plan seems flawed enough for Metro Man to escape as per routine, but the super proclaims that the inside of the observatory is lined with copper, which he says drains his power. A giant explosion from the Death Ray distracts Roxanne and Megamind, and when the skeleton of Metro Man lands at the feet of Roxanne and Megamind they’re both shocked (along with the rest of the city) that Megamind had actually managed to do it.

Initially, Megamind is happy that he has defeated his archenemy for the first time ever, but he quickly grows depressed over the fact that without someone worthy to fight, his life as a supervillain has no purpose. Coincidentally, he and Roxanne both visit the Metro Man museum late one evening, both sadly lamenting the lost hero. They are both told to scram by the curator Bernard, but while doing so Megamind is nearly caught by Roxanne. As a last ditch attempt to hide himself from her, he disguises himself as Bernard. Their discussion prompts Megamind to brainstorm and come up with a totally failproof plan: create a new superhero to fight using a serum of Metro Man's DNA.

Because nothing about this can go wrong.

Later, hoping to uncover any evil plans Megamind has for the city, Roxanne breaks into Megamind's lair (dragging ‘Bernard’ along for the ride) and fights with him over his syringe gun containing the serum. During the scuffle, the gun is accidentally fired and injected into Roxanne's somewhat dimwitted cameraman Hal Stewart.

Roxanne steals some of Megaminds things and makes a replica of his ‘desk’ in her apartment while she tries to figure out what his plans are. She begins to see ‘Bernard’ and begins to date him, going to dinner and parks and bikeriding with him. While Megamind is wooing Roxanne as Bernard, he is training Tighten and pretending to be is ‘Space Dad’ in order to create a hero worth fighting against. Oh, and he’s also trying to keep Minion from finding out about Bernard and Roxanne.

…This all gets a little convoluted, to be frank.

While on a break from training, Tighten attempts to use his powers to impress Roxanne, but is quickly rejected by her. He sees her and Barnard having dinner together and grows jealous and angry. Roxanne is somewhat aware of this, but she’s told Hal no for so many years that it doesn’t occur to her that he will be fuled by that rejection and eventually turn against the city instead of fighting for it.

During a dinner with Bernard, Megamind’s disguise is shut off and she realizes that it’s been him all along – lying to her and deceiving her. Obviously hurt and feeling very betrayed, she rejects him and walks home in the rain. The relationship seems at a stand still and the animosity is brought back tenfold, though they do team up to go to Metro Man’s secret hideout in order to hunt down clues on how to bring down Tighten, who has begun to wreck havoc.

To the surprise of the two, at the hideout they find Metro Man very much alive and well and learn that he faked his death (along with his weakness to copper, which explains why it didn’t bother Tighten). Metro Man explains that he faked it in order to retire from being a superhero and live his true passion: music. Megamind and Roxanne try to persuade Metro Man to defeat Tighten, but he refuses. Roxanne wants to take down Tighten themselves, but Megamind instead also refuses and turns himself in.

Not one to be discouraged easily, Roxanne heads into the city herself in order to try and persuade Tighten to stop. Unfortunately, Tighten’s compassion is at absolute zero and instead kidnaps her and uses her as bait to lure Megamind out.

Funny how things come back around like that, isn’t it?

Megamind is broken out of prison by Minion in disguise after a heartfelt apology and goes to save her. After an epic battle in the city, Megamind defeats Tighten by finding the location of the invisible car (after Roxanne’s confession that she did look back that night in the rain) and draining Metro Man's DNA from his body. This strips Tighten stripping him of his powers, and Hal ends up in arrested and thrown in Megamind’s former prison cell. Megamind is embraced by Roxanne and Metro City as its new defender, and the bad guy finally gets the girl.

Character Personality:

Roxanne is a fairly sarcastic and feisty type of woman. She has an extreme amount of courage and bravery, and when faced with various torture instruments and alligators, she doesn’t even bat an eye. She’s an individual that’s a mover and shaker and fearlessly forges ahead into new territory or dangerous situations. Roxanne is a bit of a force to be reckoned with, and displays a decent amount of curiosity and an insurmountable amount of energy. She doesn’t take things lying down, and when the fate of her City is on the brink of destruction, she takes matters into her own hands and fearlessly breaks into Megaminds lair, then heads directly into the hot zone when everyone else in the general area is fleeing.

She’s forthcoming and extremely direct – she’s a brutally honest individual that has no problem slipping in an added dose of sarcasm when she deems it necessary (which seems to be often when dealing with Megamind himself). She has no hidden agenda, unlike many, and puts the city and it’s people before herself, even when she knows deep down she has no superpowers to actually stop the destruction, or defend herself. She rushes headlong into situations without first thinking out the consequences, but it’s because she has others best interests at heart. She’s a confident type of person and has the innate resources to deal with new ideas and situations.

Exceptionally stubborn and hardheaded, Roxanne is an independent type of woman – she lives alone, has a career that she worked for, and in general takes care of herself. She’s loyal to her friends and those she cares about, and displays a certain amount of generosity and compassion throughout the film. She’s a little short-tempered and impulsive, but these aren’t necessarily negative traits so much as they are simply attributes that help define and shape her as a strong woman that doesn’t like taking no for an answer. She’s a go-getter and has no issue leading the way, and leaves an impression on nearly everyone she meets, be it positive or negative.