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The Incredibles ''The Incredibles'' is a 2004 American animated superhero film written and directed by Brad Bird. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, the film stars the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Spencer ...
'', an American
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, tells the story of superheroes, also known as "Supers," co-existing with society. Set in a retro-futuristic version of the 1960s, the film series revolves around the Supers' struggles to live surburban lives as ordinary citizens while keeping their powers hidden due to a government mandate. The film series consists of two films, ''
The Incredibles ''The Incredibles'' is a 2004 American animated superhero film written and directed by Brad Bird. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, the film stars the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Spencer ...
'' (2004) and ''
Incredibles 2 ''Incredibles 2'' is a 2018 American animated superhero film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Written and directed by Brad Bird, it is the sequel to '' The Incredibles'' (2004) and the second full-length instal ...
'' (2018), and revolves around Bob Parr's fight against villainous threats despite his quiet family life. Bob's desire to relive his glory days as a Super leads him to a series of conflicts against a fan-turned-supervillain and his mechanical robots. Bob's struggle is the main plot of the original series.


Overview


The Parr Family (The Incredibles)


Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible)

Robert "Bob" Parr (a.k.a. Mr. Incredible) ( Craig T. Nelson) possesses superhuman strength, stamina, and durability. He is married to Helen Parr, the superheroine known as Elastigirl, and they have three children together: Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack. His face was physically modeled after director
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.''The Incredibles'' DVD commentary. During his early career, Bob rejects Buddy Pine, his self-proclaimed "Number 1 Fan", as a prospective sidekick. Sometime after marrying Elastigirl, Bob is sued for damages by Oliver Sansweet, and later by the injured passengers of a train Bob had been forced to abruptly halt for its own safety. These lawsuits are the first in a string of expensive lawsuits against supers, forcing the government to initiate the Superhero Relocation Program. Finding forced retirement difficult, Bob often sneaks out at night with his friend Lucius Best (a.k.a. Frozone) to continue their now-illegal superheroics. Eventually, Bob realizes that his family is his "greatest adventure". His red superhero suit, designed by Edna Mode, appears to have the same level of durability as Mr. Incredible himself. In his prime, Mr. Incredible rides a gadget-laden car, the Incredibile, reminiscent of those driven by
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or
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. The
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of a newer version of the Incredibile for the Parrs is seen in the end credits of the first film, and the new car makes a full appearance at the end of the second film. Mr. Incredible was ranked number 5 in
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's list of the Top 10 Pixar Characters. Readers of ''
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'' magazine also voted Mr. Incredible number 8 in that magazine's list of The Top 20 Pixar Characters.


Helen Parr (Elastigirl)

Helen Parr (a.k.a. Elastigirl or Mrs. Incredible) (
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) is Mr. Incredible's wife. Helen can stretch any part of her body up to 300 feet and can be 1 mm thin. She can also reshape her body in a variety of ways; she can become a
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and a rubber boat, and has used her arms for swings and a slingshot. However, intense cold renders her body structure too fragile for stretching. In her early years, she seemed to be a feminist and had no desire to "settle down". Since her marriage to Bob, Helen has become a dedicated spouse and mother, although she is frustrated with her husband's continuing dreams of glory. Helen is also an experienced jet pilot, from having a close friend who flew her around the world when she was a Super. Her sharp wit and superb espionage skills, as well as her experience as a superhero, make her an excellent tactician and leader. The filmmakers drew inspiration from actresses
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and
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for Helen's role and appearance in the sequel. Her red superheroine suit, designed by Edna Mode, can stretch as far as she can and still retain its shape. It is virtually indestructible yet it breathes like
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. Gina Bennett, interviewed by
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as part of a group of current and former
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professionals, said " the Band of Sisters had a favorite crime fighter .... Just think of us as a work force of Elastigirls."Dowd, Maureen
"Good Riddance
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", New York ''Times'', April 4, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-31.


Violet Parr

Violet Parr (
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) is the Parrs' daughter and a 14-year-old junior high school teenager stuck at the crossroads between girl and woman. Violet desperately wants to be like everyone else, to blend in with normal people, and not to stand out. Her superpowers allow her to turn instantly
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, and to generate spherical force fields to protect herself and also to levitate extremely heavy objects; the interiors of the force fields have an anti-gravitational effect, allowing Violet to levitate inside, but she can be stunned temporarily if the field is struck by a sufficiently large force. In ''The Incredibles 2'', she has learned to use her force fields in a limited offensive capability by delivering force "punches". She and Dash can combine their powers to create the IncrediBall (named in the video game), a tactic in which Violet generates a force field around herself, and Dash uses his speed power to use the ball like a cannonball or battering ram. Her struggle with her shyness and lack of confidence constitutes a major side story in the movie; she is spurred on by Helen's encouragement that she has more power than she realizes and that she just has to believe it. In the end, Violet sheds her shyness and ends up at the confident side when her crush Tony Rydinger asks her for a date. Unlike her normal clothes, her red superheroine suit, designed by Edna Mode, also turns invisible when Violet does.


Dash Parr

Dashiell "Dash" Robert Parr ( Spencer Fox in the first film, Huck Milner in the second film) is the Parrs' older son and a speedster. While he is only as strong as the average 10-year-old boy, the film's official website lists "enhanced durability" amongst Dash's powers, which is implied in the film by the amount of incidental high-speed collisions and crashes Dash endures without apparent injury. Dash also discovers throughout the course of the movie that his speed allows him to be able to run over water without submerging. Dash would like to go out for sports, but his mother Helen will not allow it because she thinks that he would show off his superspeed and blow the family's civilian cover. To vent his frustration, Dash uses his power to play pranks on his teacher, Bernie Kropp, which also threatens their cover. Dash's reckless and impulsive nature and one-track mind have put him at odds with Violet's gloomier and more sarcastic nature more often than their parents would like, but when Dash is in battle, he cares deeply about his family; he was willing to attack a fully grown man who was about to kill his sister. His red superhero suit, designed by Edna Mode, is resistant to air friction, wear and heat when Dash is running at super speed.


Jack-Jack Parr

John Jackson "Jack-Jack" Parr (Eli Fucile and Maeve Andrews in the first film, Fucile and Nicholas Bird in the second film) is the Parrs' infant son, the youngest of the Parr children. Initially believed to be the only family member without any powers and shown as a minor character (as he did not join the family in the first film), he manifests a multitude of superhuman abilities at the end of the first film, most of which are types of
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, when Syndrome tries to kidnap him. More powers are seen in the short film '' Jack-Jack Attack'' on the ''Incredibles'' DVD, making his powers the most versatile of the family, and according to a collectible poster included with some Incredibles toys, still more powers are undisclosed. Although Edna Mode did not know what powers Jack-Jack might develop, she covered various possibilities by making him a fireproof and bulletproof
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. Creator
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explains on the DVD that Jack-Jack's varied abilities are a metaphor for how young children have infinite possibilities ahead of them in life. He begins to manifest a broader range of powers during ''Incredibles 2'', inspiring Edna to upgrade his suit with sensors that allow his family to track him or rein in his powers via remote control. Jack-Jack was ranked number 15 in ''Empire'' magazine's list of the Top 20 Pixar Characters.


Allies


Frozone

Lucius Best (a.k.a. Frozone) ( Samuel L. Jackson) is a long-time friend of the Parr family. Frozone is Bob Parr's best friend, and was the
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at Bob and Helen's wedding. Similar to the
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superhero Iceman, Frozone has the power to freeze water, or even ambient moisture in the air. He is limited by the amount of water available, either in liquid form, or in the air. It is also indicated that he can use the moisture of his own body, and that dehydration weakens his abilities as a result. During the first film, it is suggested that he has adapted to civilian life much more easily than his long-time friend, Bob Parr, though he still possesses a hidden cache containing his costume and all of his old gadgets in working condition. Lucius married an unseen woman named Honey (Kimberly Adair Clark), who is aware of his superhero past, but is unsupportive of his public-minded ideals. Lucius is best friends with Bob, and a close friend of Helen and the kids, who are the only supers he socializes with following the banning of superheroes. Whenever Lucius and Bob go out on Wednesdays to engage in superheroics, they have to cover from their respective wives by claiming to be going
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, but they stop going out when Bob is caught by Helen. Lucius's super suit is designed to keep him warm in the cold, but he must wear a special set of refraction goggles not only to protect his identity, but also to protect his eyes from the glare of the sunlight that bounces off his ice crystals. The soles of Frozone's snow boots can change into ice skates, alpine ice skis, and a concave disc he uses as a snowboard. These forms of transport, combined with chutes of ice, result in particularly speedy travel. Frozone was ranked number 16 in ''Empire'' magazine's list of the Top 20 Pixar Characters. Frozone returns in ''Incredibles 2''. He helps the Incredibles stop the Underminer's drill, and after the battle learns of Winston Deavor's offer to restore public trust in superheroes, bringing Helen and Bob with him to meet Deavor together. He is later overwhelmed by other hypnotized Supers when he unsuccessfully attempts to protect the Parr children from them, and is put under Evelyn's mind control via goggles. However, he is freed by Helen and her children and aids in foiling Evelyn's plan.


Edna Mode

Edna "E" Mode (
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) is an eccentric
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who designs the costumes for many members of the superhero community. To that end, not only does she take the
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of the clothes into account, but also their practical uses such as protective qualities and accommodation to the powers of the wearer. She was a guest at Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl's wedding. Rick Dicker, who felt that Edna was "difficult" to work with, was the one who first referred Elastigirl to Edna.This was indicated in the "NSA Files" feature in the "Top Secret" section of Disc 2 of ''The Incredibles'' DVD. Edna was conceived as an
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between
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's gadget supplier, Q, and Oscar-winning costume designer
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. Pixar artist
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, who co-designed the character, stated that the film's animators looked for inspiration in the 1995 fashion documentary '' Unzipped'', which spotlighted a number of designers, including
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and Polly Mellen. Edna Mode also appeared with
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to present the Academy Award for Costume Design at the
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. Edna refuses to design super suits with capes in light of the number of supers having unfortunate accidents because their capes got caught in airliner turbines, elevators, missiles and other hazards. The film's creators originally could not find an appropriate actress to voice Edna. Finally, when asking actress
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to voice Edna,
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provided an example of what she should sound like. Tomlin told Bird that he successfully captured her voice so well that he should provide it in the film himself, which Bird did. Edna Mode was ranked number 8 in
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's list of the Top 10 Pixar Characters, and number 6 in ''Empire'' magazine's list of the Top 20 Pixar Characters. When Bob visits Edna to get his old super suit patched up in ''The Incredibles'', she is inspired to create new suits for the entire family, including Jack-Jack even though he has not yet exhibited any powers. She returns in ''Incredibles 2'', offering to babysit Jack-Jack for an exhausted Bob, and upgrades Jack-Jack's suit with sensors that allow the family to track him and curb his newly manifested powers via remote control. The time she spends looking after Jack-Jack is the focus of the short ''Auntie Edna''.


Rick Dicker

Rick Dicker (voiced by Pixar animator
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in the first film & accompanying short,
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in the second film) is a government agent who was once part of the NSA ( National Supers Agency) and now belongs to the Superhero Relocation Program. He was one of the guests present at Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl's wedding. Though appreciative of Bob's former work during the "Glory Days", Rick is exasperated by Bob's clinging on to the past; Bob's antics often force Rick to clean up expensive damages and erase memories. However, he congratulates the Parr Family after the Omnidroid's defeat, and assures them the government will happily take care of whatever needs to be done this time. In the short film '' Jack-Jack Attack'', Rick interrogates Kari McKeen about the events that unfolded while she was babysitting Jack-Jack; afterwards, he erases her memory of the incident. In the DVD commentary,
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jokes that he had an idea to start Luckey's
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'' Boundin''' with Rick coming into his office late at night, pulling out a bottle of "booze" and a banjo to begin telling the story. Rick also appears in ''Incredibles 2''; with the government shutting down the Superhero Relocation Program in response to the Underminer incident, Rick is forced into retirement. Rick does two favors for the Parrs before his retirement; he erases Tony Rydinger's memory of the Underminer incident, and secures the Parrs a hotel room for two weeks, but he warns them they will be on their own after that.


Snug

Snug is an old friend of Helen Parr, presumably from her super days as Elastigirl. He never appears in the films, but his voice can be heard on the phone when Helen calls him to acquire a jet to access Syndrome's island (in ''The Incredibles''). Snug can be seen in a photograph held by Helen that shows the two of them in aviation gear. In a deleted scene, Snug was intended to travel with them on the plane to the island and would be killed in the following crash with the missiles, but this was rewritten to have Helen pilot the plane solo instead.


Winston Deavor

Winston Deavor (
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) is an ardent superhero fan who leads a telecommunications company with his sister Evelyn. In ''Incredibles 2'', he wants to re-legalize supers, whose activities have been outlawed by the government, through a marketing campaign. Winston selects Helen Parr to carry out a publicity stunt as Elastigirl in order to regain the general public's support of supers, and houses the Parr family in a luxurious mansion. His sister, however, places him under her control via hypnotic signals transmitted by television screens, as part of her scheme to permanently undermine the legal status of supers. She intends to do this by sabotaging a summit of supers and similarly hypnotized political delegates taking place on the Deavors' cruise ship by crashing the ship into the city. When Winston is freed from her control, he aids in foiling Evelyn's plan to collide his cruise ship into the city by reboarding the runaway ship and freeing the delegates to then ensure their safety, while the supers attempt to regain control of the ship. He later presumably explains the truth of his sister's scheme to the delegates and to the authorities to legalize the superheroes again.


Civilians


Oliver Sansweet

Oliver Sansweet is the president of a bank in Municiberg, who attempts suicide by jumping from the top of a large building. Mr. Incredible saves him, but Sansweet's neck is injured in the process. He sues Mr. Incredible for damages, citing that he did not want to be saved and that the neck injury causes him daily pain. The lawsuit against Mr. Incredible becomes the first in a string of anti-Superhero lawsuits, which eventually force the government to initiate the Superhero Relocation Program.


Gilbert Huph

Gilbert Huph (
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) is Bob's diminutive, temperamental supervisor at the Insuricare
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. Huph's main priority at Insuricare is its stockholders and profit margins; this often leads to disagreements with Bob, who prioritizes helping people in need and will not deny any claims, secretly teaching customers how to exploit Insuricare's loopholes to ensure they obtain their money. Huph later lectures Bob for how much his philanthropic attitude is costing the company. Bob attempts to help a
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victim, but Huph threatens to dismiss him if he does so. A frustrated Bob throws Huph through several walls, and Huph is subsequently hospitalized. In a deleted scene, Rick Dicker erases Huph's memories of the incident.


Bernie Kropp

Bernard "Bernie" Kropp ( Lou Romano) is a teacher at Dash Parr's elementary school. Dash frequently uses his super-speed to prank Kropp, making it difficult for the teacher to prove his guilt. After Dash places a
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on Kropp's stool, Kropp tells Helen that he hid a
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inside the classroom. Since Dash moves so quickly that the low-quality camera cannot clearly record his
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, the principal allows Dash to leave the office, frustrating Kropp.


Tony Rydinger

Anthony "Tony" Rydinger (voiced by Michael Bird) is a junior high school teenager, attending the same school as Violet Parr. Violet harbors a secret crush on him. With boosted confidence, Violet attracts Tony's attention and he asks her out on a date, which she accepts. In ''Incredibles 2'', Tony accidentally witnesses Violet in her supersuit unmasked during their battle with the Underminer, which results in Rick Dicker being forced to wipe Tony's memory of the day, including that of Violet and his planned date with her. Following Evelyn Deavor's defeat, Violet is forced to start from scratch with Tony, asking him out to the movies again. However, she is forced to leave him at the cinema (with the promise of returning quickly) when the Incredibles are dispatched to attack a new threat.


Kari McKeen

Kari McKeen (Bret Parker) is a friend of the Parrs, whom Violet calls upon to babysit Jack-Jack while the rest of the family are flying to save Mr. Incredible (in ''The Incredibles''). She has taken numerous babysitting classes, and assures Helen that she is more than adequately prepared to care for Jack-Jack in any capacity. She is heard later on Mrs. Parr's voice mail, complaining that some "very weird things" are happening and that Jack-Jack has "special needs". Her eventful night with the baby is detailed in the '' Jack-Jack Attack'' short included on the DVD release; Kari is indeed shown to be a competent babysitter, as she quickly learns to anticipate and prevent damage caused by Jack-Jack's powers. Her memory of the incident is later erased by Rick Dicker.


Ambassador Henrietta Selick

Ambassador Henrietta Selick (
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) is a dignified foreign official committed to the support and legalization of superheroes. She is rescued by Elastigirl in ''Incredibles 2'', when Evelyn attempts to kill her in her helicopter through her hypnotic screens.


Antagonists


Syndrome

Buddy Pine, a.k.a. Syndrome (
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) is the main antagonist of ''The Incredibles''. His primary motivation is his hatred of people with superpowers, and his desire to be known as a hero despite having no powers himself. Like Bob Parr, his character was also physically modeled after Brad Bird. In the film, Buddy is introduced as a precocious child who calls himself Mr. Incredible's "number 1 fan". Desiring to become Bob's sidekick "Incrediboy", Buddy uses gadgets of his own invention to compensate for the superpowers he does not have. Despite Bob repeatedly stating that he does not need a sidekick, Buddy interferes with Bob's attempted arrest of supervillain Bomb Voyage. Voyage clips a bomb to Buddy's cloak, and Bob is forced to save Buddy, letting Voyage escape. After the bomb destroys an
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track, Bob turns Buddy over to the custody of the local police, blaming him for the incident. Buddy becomes humiliated and disillusioned by Bob's rejection. Eventually, Buddy recreates himself as an evil genius called Syndrome, having used his great intelligence to invent numerous weapons and high-tech vehicles that use such principles as robotics, anti-gravity, and
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. After selling many of his weapons to become rich, he now owns his own fortress on Nomanisan Island, complete with a complicated
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system and a large staff of guards. Vowing revenge on Bob and all other superheroes, Syndrome invents the Omnidroid robot, perfecting it by having his assistant Mirage lure a large number of retired superheroes to be killed while fighting its various prototypes. Bob is the last superhero called to fight the Omnidroid, and manages to destroy it. Syndrome rebuilds it so it is strong enough to defeat Bob, finally revealing himself to his former idol. After later capturing Bob and his family, Syndrome reveals his plan to unleash the Omnidroid and use remote controls to publicly "defeat" it, becoming a hero himself. He then plans to sell his superpower-imitating inventions to the public, making superheroes irrelevant. During the staged battle with the Omnidroid, Syndrome is knocked unconscious when his invention's
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recognizes him and his remote control as a threat. Syndrome awakens just in time to see the Parrs and Frozone being applauded for destroying the newest Omnidroid together. Syndrome retaliates by kidnapping Jack-Jack and attempts to fly away in his jet plane, but Jack-Jack's superpowers manifest and he fights back. After Helen rescues the baby, Bob kills Syndrome by sending him into one of the plane's engines. Syndrome was named the 64th Greatest Villain Ever by ''Wizard'' magazine,
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have described his characterisation as “a geeky kid” as being humorous despite his prowess as a villain. while ''
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'' ranked him as the 22nd best Pixar character.


Omnidroid

The Omnidroids are a series of dangerous battle
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s developed by
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specifically to fight and kill Supers. The Omnidroids are large and heavy constructions, and use a combination of brute strength and features such as claws, rockets, and
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to target and destroy their enemies. They are also equipped with
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, and can quickly analyze enemies during battle, instantly adapting their fighting strategies to their enemies' weaknesses. Syndrome has his assistant Mirage lure dozens of retired supers to come fight the prototype Omnidroids. Most of the supers are killed during their first encounter with the robot, but a few defeat it; each time a prototype is defeated, Syndrome analyzes the damage and rebuilds the machine with modifications to ensure the robot can slay the super in question during their second battle. Eventually, the machine is perfected to such a degree that no individual superhero can defeat it. Syndrome unleashes the Omnidroid on the city of Metroville, planning to fight it in a staged battle while controlling it via a secret wristband remote, hoping to earn hero status himself. Unfortunately for Syndrome, the machine's artificial intelligence recognizes his remote control as a threat, and blasts it off his wrist before knocking him unconscious. The final Omnidroid has only three known weaknesses; a lack of grip on slippery/icy surfaces, the ability to be externally influenced by the remote control, and the fact that its claws can penetrate its own protective shell. The Incredibles and Frozone use these weaknesses to their advantage during their final battle with the Omnidroid, eventually using its detached claw to destroy it.


Mirage

Mirage (
Elizabeth Peña Elizabeth Maria Peña (September 23, 1959 – October 14, 2014) was an American actress. Her film credits include '' Down and Out in Beverly Hills'' (1986), '' Batteries Not Included'', '' La Bamba'' (both 1987), ''Jacob's Ladder'' (1990) ...
) appears as Syndrome's seductive right-hand woman and accomplice in the deaths of many Supers in the first film. Though she has no superhuman abilities, she has extensive computer and espionage skills. In her video-tablet message to Mr. Incredible she mentions that according to the government, neither of them officially exist. Mirage is amoral to the point where she assists with Syndrome's systematic murder of the Supers. She reconsiders her position when Syndrome shows callous disregard for Elastigirl and the children on board the plane, and after he takes a gamble on her life, daring an imprisoned Mr. Incredible to kill her. She subsequently frees Mr. Incredible, and helps his family escape the island.


Bomb Voyage

Bomb Voyage (Dominique Louis) is a mime-themed French supervillain who uses explosives and is an enemy of Mr. Incredible. The character's name is a
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on the French phrase "'' Bon Voyage''". He is first seen in ''The Incredibles'' stealing money from a bank vault. Mr. Incredible, happening to be on the scene by chance, attempts to arrest him, but aspiring hero's-sidekick Buddy Pine interrupts the confrontation. Despite being mocked by Voyage and told to stay out of it by Mr. Incredible, Buddy flies off to get the police; Voyage plants a bomb on Buddy's
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, forcing Mr. Incredible to rush off to save Buddy, thus allowing Voyage to escape. Brad Bird originally pitched a character named Bomb Pérignon in reference to the similarly named champagne
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, but the Moët et Chandon company rejected the idea. Voyage makes a cameo in the 2007 Pixar film ''
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'' as a street mime.


The Underminer

The Underminer (
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) is a mole-like supervillain who appears at the end of ''The Incredibles'' riding on a gigantic drill-tipped tank, where he announces his "war on peace and happiness", leading into the last shot of the Parr family putting their masks on for battle. This confrontation is continued at the beginning of ''Incredibles 2''; after declaring war, the Underminer drills back underneath the ground and blows up the ground-areas holding up the Metroville Bank. The Underminer then uses a vacuum hose to rob all of the savings in the Bank's Vault, while Mr. Incredible tries to stop him. The Underminer is able to store all of the money in an escape pod, and escapes from his tank before it runs out of control. The main tank is then disabled by the Parrs and Frozone. This battle, which caused collateral damage to the city, leads to the Superhero Relocation Program being shut down, and the warning by the government of legal action against Supers if they cause any more damage.


Screenslaver

In ''Incredibles 2'', Evelyn Deavor (
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) is Winston Deavor's sister and the chief designer for DevTech. She creates the masked villain persona Screenslaver in order to carry out her plans to hypnotize and control people undiscovered. When the Screenslaver himself is seemingly unmasked by Elastigirl, he turns out to be a confused pizza delivery driverman (voiced by Bill Wise, who also provides the voice of Screenslaver when masked) who had been hypnotized by his mask's goggles into following Evelyn's orders. Evelyn forces another pair of goggles onto Elastigirl and reveals her plan to ruin Winston's summit so that the supers will fail to regain legal status. After gaining control of Mr. Incredible, Frozone, and several other supers, she is thwarted when Dash, Violet, and Jack-Jack free their parents, and Winston exposes Evelyn's plans to the world leaders. Evelyn attempts to flee while setting the summit ship on a collision course with the city of Municiberg. However, the supers stop the ship just in time, and Evelyn is captured and turned over to the police. Her name is a
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based on the phrase "evil endeavor."


List of known superheroes

Most of the following information comes from one of four main sources, two of which are scenes from the first film. The first is Edna Mode's explanation to Bob of why she refuses to design supersuits with capes, which is accompanied by a montage of a number of late supers' deaths. The second is when Bob hacks into Syndrome's computer files. The third is the "NSA Files" feature in the "Top Secret" section of Disc 2 of ''The Incredibles'' two-disc DVD edition. A minor amount of information, such as information on Fironic, comes from other scenes in the film, as noted. * Apogee – Her superpowers involved gravity control and
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, which were powered by sunlight. She was a former member of The Thrilling Three, along with Gazerbeam and Phylange. Apogee believed that The Thrilling Three was really The Thrilling 1 + 2 in Gazerbeam's mind. The Operation Kronos database assigned her a threat rating of 6.5. She was killed by the Omnidroid v. X4 during the training sessions for Operation Kronos. * Blazestone – Her superpowers involved the control of fire and the ability to fly using heat and the production of
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discharges which is similar to
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from the
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. She was a member of Beta Force and was once partners with Frozone before their partnership soured even when Frozone and Downburst feuded over her romantic affection. The Operation Kronos database assigned her a threat rating of 5.5. She was killed by the Omnidroid v. X2 during the training sessions for Operation Kronos. * Blitzerman – His superpowers were unknown as the only mention of his powers were the words "High-powered…", seen in a close-up of his profile in Syndrome's Operation Kronos files. However, judging by his name, it can be assumed that he was a speedster similar to
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and Quicksilver from DC Comics and Marvel Comics respectively. He was killed by a version of the Omnidroid, as early as version X4 but before X9. * Downburst – In the film, his superpowers are given by Syndrome's Operation Kronos files as gaseous downburst, but in the "NSA Files" feature on Disc 2 of the DVD, his powers are indicated to be atomic manipulation, meaning he could disrupt the atomic force among atoms. A member of Beta Force, he had an unrequited crush on Blazestone, but harbored a dislike of Frozone due to them competing for Blazestone's affection. The Operation Kronos database assigned him a threat rating of 6.5. He was killed by the Omnidroid v. X3 during the training sessions for Operation Kronos. * Dynaguy – He had the ability to project a disintegration ray from his forehead and could fly courtesy of
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gauntlets. He was present as a guest at Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl's wedding. Dynaguy was one of the first supers sued (for public
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) following the Mr. Incredible lawsuits. He was killed when his cape got snagged during a takeoff. Following his death, Gazerbeam replaced him as leader of The Thrilling Three (likely a
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of the Fantastic Four). * Everseer – His superpowers included telepathy, clairvoyance, and "magnoscopic vision", with which he could see
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and telescopically. At one time, he was the leader of the Phantasmics and later fired Gazerbeam over a bitter rivalry between the two. Everseer had a British accent in the audio file in the "NSA Files" feature on Disc 2 of the DVD. The Operation Kronos database assigned him a threat rating of 3.2. Because of his ability to see things like germs, he suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder. He shared a
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practice with Psycwave. He was killed by the Omnidroid v. X1 during the training sessions for Operation Kronos. * Fironic – Near the end of the film, a woman mistook Syndrome—who had just saved her and others from being crushed by a tanker truck which the Omnidroid v.10 had hurled at them—for this superhero. He only appears in a flashback scene in ''Incredibles 2'', where it is shown that he and Gazerbeam were friends with Winston and Evelyn Deavor's father before his death due to superheroes being outlawed. * Gamma Jack – His superpower was the ability to create controlled bursts of
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. He arrogantly believed supers to be a "superior race." The Operation Kronos database assigned him a threat rating of 7.9. Gamma Jack did manage to destroy one prototype Omnidroid during the training sessions for Operation Kronos, but was killed by its successor. The exact versions are unknown, but they were at least as early as version X5, but before X9. * Simon J. Paladino (a.k.a. Gazerbeam) – He is a super mentioned and briefly seen in ''The Incredibles''. His powers allow him to generate energy blasts from his eyes similar to
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from the
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. According to his biography on the DVD, Gazerbeam was originally a member of the
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team The Phantasmics, but rivalry with team leader Everseer led to Gazerbeam's dismissal. Following the death of Dynaguy, Gazerbeam replaced him as leader of the Thrilling Three, along with previously established members Phylange and Apogee. In-group tensions and arguments eventually led the threesome to permanently disband. When the public began suing superheroes for damages done, Gazerbeam's true identity of Simon J. Paladino was a
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who entered politics to become a long-time
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for superhero rights. Gazerbeam appears alive only once in the film—as a guest during Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl's wedding—and is mostly seen in photos or mentioned by others. He was featured in a Super
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collection alongside Frozone, Elastigirl and Mr. Incredible; this is seen among Mr. Incredible's selection of memorabilia. His disappearance (in his civilian identity) was reported in an article in the ''Metroville Tribune'' newspaper, which is how Bob first learned of his disappearance. His address is shown to be Traction Avenue, in the financial district of Metroville (the street where Operation Kronos is put into effect).
In the film, Frozone compares Mr. Incredible's difficulties in adjusting to civilian life with those of the recently disappeared Gazerbeam, who experienced similar problems. As events would reveal, Gazerbeam was killed on Nomanisan Island while attempting to disable an Omnidroid – the same machine that took the lives of the other members of the Thrilling Three. The exact version was not revealed, but it was at least as late as version X4, but before X8, the first version later faced by Mr. Incredible. He apparently discovered the reason for his mission—i.e., Operation Kronos—and used his powers to burn the word "KRONOS" into a cavern wall on the island before his death. Mr. Incredible locates Gazerbeam's skeletal remains by chance while attempting to evade Syndrome and his Omnidroid; Mr. Incredible then uses the remains to convince Syndrome that he had been killed by one of Syndrome's mini-bombs. Mr. Incredible proceeds to sneak back into Syndrome's base and access the Operation Kronos computer, using Gazerbeam's final message as the password. * Hyper Shock – His superpower was the ability to generate
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waves with his fists, with which he could create earthquake-like disruptions measuring 6.0 on the
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which similar to the X-Men character
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. He also used dual seismic amplification hammers to amplify this effect, though the maximum range of this amplification is unknown. The Operation Kronos database assigned him a threat rating of 7.5. Hyper Shock managed to destroy the Omnidroid v. X3 during the training sessions for Operation Kronos, but was ultimately killed by its successor, the Omnidroid v. X4. * Macroburst – According to the government file on the DVD, Macroburst is an androgynous superhero, to the point that their gender is actually not known by the government. Their superpower was the ability to project a high velocity winds. Macroburst was a sidekick to Everseer, and later a member of the Phantasmics. The Operation Kronos database assigned them a threat rating of 5.9. Macroburst was the first Super to score a victory over an Omnidroid, defeating the Omnidroid v. X1 during the training sessions for Operation Kronos. Unfortunately, they were then killed by the successor to the v. X1, the Omnidroid v. X2. Macroburst is one of five Supers without an audio file; Rick Dicker claims that it was damaged during a mission, and that although it was recovered, NSA Division Delta determined it to be incomplete. * Meta-Man – His superpowers included flight, enhanced strength, x-ray vision, a sonic scream, teleportation, magnetic manipulation, partial invisibility and the ability to communicate with aquatic animals whose powers are similar to
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and
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respectively. He was one of the guests present at Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl's wedding. One of his arch enemies was Baron von Ruthless (whom Dicker assumes to be responsible for the absence of Meta-Man's audio file—it was presumably confiscated during a surprise attack by von Ruthless; Frozone also mentions von Ruthless). He was killed when his cape got caught in steel framework while lifting an express
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back into place. * Phylange – An opera singer in his civilian life, his superpower was the ability to project sonic fields with his voice, similar to Marvel's
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but suffered from chronic
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which hindered his superpowers. He was a former member of The Thrilling Three, along with Dynaguy and later Gazerbeam after the former’s death and Apogee. The Operation Kronos database assigned him a threat rating of 4.7. He was killed by the Omnidroid v. X2 during the training sessions for Operation Kronos. * Plasmabolt – Her superpowers involved shooting waves of plasma. She could also project electromagnetic energy, which was gathered from the antenna mounted on the head of her super suit, and channelled to her hands. Her body also exhibited an electromagnetic aura. She was a member of the Phantasmics. She was not seen in the movie, but in the "NSA Files" file on Disc 2 of the DVD as one of five Supers without an audio file; Dicker says that hers was inadvertently erased by her electromagnetic aura and that a re-recording has been scheduled. * Psycwave – Her superpowers included mental force wave generation, temporary mental paralysis, and the ability to possess the bodies of others these powers are similar to
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from the X-Men. A member of the Phantasmics, she shared a therapist practice with Everseer. The Operation Kronos database assigned her a threat rating of 1.6, the lowest rating of the Supers displayed. She was killed by the Omnidroid v. X1 during the training sessions for Operation Kronos. * Splashdown – Flight and water-based superpowers. He was capable of underwater high-speed travel and communication with undersea life similar to
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from
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. He was sucked into the
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of a
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by his cape and went missing and is presumed dead. He is one of five Supers without an audio file. Dicker says that his is irretrievable due to water damage. * Stormicide – The Operation Kronos file seen in the movie listed her powers as electrical discharges and gale-force bursts, but the NSA Files on the DVD, Disc 2, which was clearer, and corroborated by an audio file of an interview with Stormicide, indicated that her power was the absorbance and expulsion of a variety gases, such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, etc. which is similar to
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from the X-Men. The Operation Kronos database assigned her a threat rating of 6.7. She was killed by an Omnidroid during the training sessions for Operation Kronos. The exact version is unknown, but it was at least as early as version X5, but before X9. * Stratogale – Gifted with the superpowers of flight, superhuman strength and the ability to communicate with birds similar to
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from Marvel comics, Stratogale had just pulled a commercial
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out of a steep dive on April 23, 1957, after a serious emergency occurred to its #2 jet turbine. When she flew up in front of the left wing while waving at the passengers, her cape was sucked into the damaged engine, pulling her in and killing her instantly. She was one of the guests present at Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl's wedding and is the last of five Supers without an audio file, with Dicker saying that hers has been deemed incomprehensible, suspecting either faulty recording equipment or a high level of ambient wind noise. * Thunderhead – Gifted with storm-controlling powers, courteous, and "good with kids" and according to his file a proud father of six adopted children, Thunderhead unfortunately had a reputation for low intelligence, according to Mr. Incredible, which is corroborated in his NSA file. This would prove his undoing on November 15, 1958, when his cape caught on the fin of an outbound
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, tearing Thunderhead right out of his boots and gauntlets after he saved a woman and defeated the criminal responsible. He was one of the guests present at Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl's wedding. His name may have likely be a play on the word dunderhead which is a term for someone who is dim witted. * – His superpower involved control of the elements is similar to
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from the X-Men. He was killed by a version of the Omnidroid, as early as version X4 but before X9, during the training sessions for Operation Kronos. * Universal Man – His superpower involved the ability to manipulate the atomic density of materials, and can alter the density of his own body to be as low as that of gas, to that of a
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. The Operation Kronos database assigned him a threat rating of 2.9. Universal Man had the unfortunate distinction of being the first "Super" killed by an Omnidroid, the Omnidroid v. X1, during the training sessions for Operation Kronos. In the "NSA Files" feature on Disc 2 of the DVD, an audio file of an interview with him reveals him to have had a thick stereotypical Austrian accent, and was apparently conducted in a weightlifting gym, given the background sounds, indicating that Universal Man was a parody of
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, who won the Mr. Universe multiple times. * Vectress – Her superpower was the ability to generate sub-sonic bursts. She was killed by the Omnidroid v. X4 during the training sessions for Operation Kronos.


Aspiring superheroes

The following are characters that aspire to be superheroes and appear in ''Incredibles 2'': * Karen (a.k.a. Voyd) (
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) – A young Elastigirl fan who has the power of creating wormholes or warps for teleporting/displacing objects and people. * Krushauer (
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) – An aspiring Super who has the power of telekinesis. * He-Lectrix (Phil LaMarr) – An aspiring Super who has the power of controlling and projecting electrical currents. * Gus Burns (a.k.a. Reflux) (
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) – An elderly Super who has the power of vomiting hot lava. * Concretia "Connie" Mason (a.k.a. Brick) (Deirdre Warin) – A brick-themed aspiring Super with super-strength and invulnerability. * Screech (
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) – An owl-like aspiring Super who has the ability of flight and a supersonic screech.


References

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