The Hulu series M.O.D.O.K. brought one of Marvel's most ridiculous villains to the small screen in his own series. However, M.O.D.O.K. did something different and made the character part of the joke, creating an animated series that was both funny and heartfelt at points, delivering some great characters along the way.
While M.O.D.O.K. gave the scientific super-genius a family and showed his true dysfunctional life, there were also characters pulled straight out of the comics to play as part of his supporting cast. What resulted was one of the most entertaining casts of characters in a Marvel animated property.
Iron Man
Iron Man is the one character that most Marvel fans will immediately notice in M.O.D.O.K., but he isn't the same charismatic fan favorite as he was in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While voiced by the iconic Jon Hamm, Iron Man fights M.O.D.O.K., but doesn't really seem that into it. While M.O.D.O.K. considers Iron Man his greatest rival, Iron Man seems bored in their battles, even streaming The Great British Bake Off during one fight.
Wonder Man
Seeing Nathan Fillion voicing Wonder Man in a Marvel show was a big deal for many viewers. Fillion was supposed to cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Simon Williams, Wonder Man. However, James Gunn cut the role and Fillion's Wonder Man never happened, until now. He appeared in Episode 7 and was great, hitting on M.O.D.O.K.'s wife Jodie constantly, while referring to himself as a pending Avenger and an underwear model.
Gary
Gary is mostly a character added for comedy relief, but there is something endearing about him. In the comics, M.O.D.O.K. has an almost unquestionable loyalty from many of his A.I.M. underlings, but in the Hulu animated series, that is taken to the extreme by Gary. Unlike many other underlings, Gary follows M.O.D.O.K. without question, even when he loses his arm because of his big-headed boss. He keeps his exasperation on the level while doing anything M.O.D.O.K. asks of him.
Super-Adaptoid
It speaks volumes that M.O.D.O.K. took a B-level character like Super-Adaptoid and turned him into a creative and funny supporting character. In the comics, A.I.M. built Super-Adaptoid using unstable molecules and part of the Cosmic Cube as a robot that could replicate superhero's powers.
However, M.O.D.O.K. took the robot and made it someone who wanted more than just the life of a supervillain. He was comic relief in M.O.D.O.K., and he wanted to be an artist rather than a killing machine.
Lou Tarleton
Lou Tarleton is the least interesting member of M.O.D.O.K.’s family, but that doesn’t make him a bad character. He is a lot more like his mom than his dad, and he just drifts from one situation to the next, without seeming to care about how ridiculous his family life really is. He is socially awkward but is easygoing. The strangeness of Lou, while normal for a child of his age, is a nice contrast with the over-the-top craziness of his family.
Austin Van Der Sleet
Austin Van Der Sleet is a Silicon Valley tech genius who buys controlling shares of A.I.M. from M.O.D.O.K. to save the company. However, his only goal is to make more money with new phones and he doesn't seem to care about M.O.D.O.K.'s goals of world domination. He is a great nemesis for M.O.D.O.K., as he is almost a slacker who doesn't care about anything but his own goals, which makes him the exact same as M.O.D.O.K. in the long run.
Melissa Tarleton
Melissa Tarleton is M.O.D.O.K.'s daughter, and she is just like her dad. Not only does she have the giant head and have to float around in a chair to support her weight, but she has the same ruthless goals her father has with A.I.M.
Melissa has dreams of following in her dad’s footsteps and wants to become a world-conquering villain. However, her personality doesn’t fit the role, despite her really wanting to appear evil. This contrast elevates her character to something special.
Monica Rappaccini
Monica Rappaccini is an antagonist throughout much of M.O.D.O.K.'s first season. She wants to take over leadership of A.I.M., knowing that M.O.D.O.K. is mostly inept at doing anything right. In the comics, she was always M.O.D.O.K.'s greatest rival, wanting to take over as A.I.M.'s Scientist Supreme. Thanks largely to the voicing talents of The Goldbergs' Wendi McLendon-Covey, there is a lot to love about this villain, despite trying to undermine M.O.D.O.K. every chance she gets.
Jodie Tarleton
Jodie Tarleton is a great yin to M.O.D.O.K.'s yang. She is a human wife, which is very different from who she is in the comics. In the comics, M.O.D.O.K. created his entire family and none of them are real. However, in M.O.D.O.K., Jodie is not only real, but she has her own dreams and desires and when M.O.D.O.K. won't see anything but his own goals, he starts to lose his wife. This relationship is almost as important as M.O.D.O.K.'s struggles at A.I.M.
M.O.D.O.K.
M.O.D.O.K. remains the best character in the series, as both the lead character and the one with the most to gain and lose from the events of this season. He wants nothing more than to hold on to his family and keep control of A.I.M. at the same time. However, he has an almost childlike mentality concerning losing what he loves and will do anything to hold on to it. He is a villain, but M.O.D.O.K. makes him a character people want to see win in the end.