Megamind: The Button of Doom (2011)
For their first day on the job as the new protectors of Metro City, Megamind and Minion are selling off the gadgets from their evil lair. But when one seemingly harmless "button" unleashes the gigantic robot MEGA-MEGAmind, the duo will have to resort to their old tricks to restore order.
In Megamind: The Button of Doom, consciousness is carried by aliens — a plane of “alien city hero drama”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing identity, heroism, power, community, authority.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Mickey's House of Villains (2002)E8/E9 · authority, heroism
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)E8/E9 · authority, community
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023)E8/E9 · community, heroism
Superman (2025)E8 · authority, identity
Superman II (1980)E8 · authority, identity
Leroy & Stitch (2006)E8 · authority, identitySame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Ultraviolet (2006)E4/E11 · rare rung · authority, power
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010)E6/E11 · rare rung · identity, power
Return to Oz (1985)E10/E13 · rare rung · authority, identity
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013)E11/E12/E13 · rare rung · authority, power
Warcraft (2016)E12/E13 · rare rung · authority, power
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010)E11/E13 · rare rung · authority, powerAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)consciousness in aliens · heroic mythic conflict
Superman Returns (2006)consciousness in aliens · alien hero myth
Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020)consciousness in aliens · alien-hero metropolis
Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! (2008)consciousness in aliens · alien banquet battlefield
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)consciousness in aliens · mythic apocalypse
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)consciousness in aliens · mythic pantheonSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)consciousness in animals · authority, community
The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002)consciousness in animals · authority, heroism
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)consciousness in objects · community, heroism
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)consciousness in monsters · authority, identity
Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)consciousness in monsters · authority, community
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)consciousness in objects · authority, identity
