| “ | Too late! Fifteen years too late. | „ |
| ~ Syndrome after Mr. Incredible begs him to call off the missiles. |
Buddy Pine, better known by his villain name Syndrome, is the main antagonist of Pixar's 6th full-length animated film The Incredibles, the first installment of the franchise of the same name.
He is Mr. Incredible's former biggest fan and wannabe sidekick, until Mr. Incredible rejects him, which causes him to become the supervillain Syndrome, bent on perfecting the Omnidroid, his weapon, to unleash terror on Metroville, that he will defeat to paint himself in a positive light, so when he's older, he can sell his weapons so that everyone can be super, making no one super.
He was voiced by Jason Lee.
His Qualities[]
What Makes Him Entertaining?[]
- He is undoubtedly a genius, as he was able to build several robots and use zero point energy. He was even a genius in his childhood who invented his rocket boosts.
- His costume and immobilizing blue rays undoubtedly give him a memorable "Evil Is Cool" vibe.
- While it doesn't detract from his villainy, he is still Laughably Evil with moments like geeking over his plans, accidentally throwing Mr. Incredible away behind him as he's talking, saying that and his cameo appearance in Jack Jack Attack.
- Some of his lines are memetic.
- Jason Lee's voice performance was fantastic.
- He is made to be an homage to various supervillain cliches like the evil monologuing.
- He's an extremely iconic Pixar villain and often regarded as the best one there is.
What Makes Him Detestable?[]
- The biggest reason he cannot count as a Magnificent Baddie is because he has a far too petty of a motivation behind his villainy. He literally hates Mr. Incredible just because he was facing off with Bomb Voyage and correctly said that it was a bad time to chat, childishly assuming he was merely prejudiced against those lacking superpowers and using that alone to justify being prejudiced against the opposing demographic. He proved he was reckless (to a degree acceptable for a 10-year-old, but not for a superhero) by refusing to notice a bomb clipped to his cape and hence taking him on would've been the epitome of child endangerment as superhero work is an adult's job for a very good reason. And as shown in a flashback midway through the film, he even has a self-serving memory that omits Bomb Voyage and anything that was his own fault in the first place. Syndrome brought his misery onto himself and his overall mindset is way too childish for him to ever count as a Magnificent Baddie.
- He killed at least 17 supers in order to perfect the Omnidroid.
- He had a horrible Kick the Dog moment, in which he tried to force Mr. Incredible to kill his right-hand woman Mirage to prove he is strong, calling him weak for valuing life and confirming Syndrome himself has no regard for life whatsoever. He had a second one where he tried to kidnap Jack-Jack, a seemingly defenseless little baby, so he could raise him to be the same man as him.
- He is shown to be a coward where he pushed the citizens of Metroville out of his way to escape from the Omnidroid that he unleased to the city by pretending to be a hero to stop it once the machine outsmarted him.
- Another good reason why he cannot be MB is his short-sightedness. Despite his brilliant intellect, he still tends not to think through his actions in advance, which is why he became very helpless in the second half of the cartoon:
- He accidentally knocked Mr. Incredible away, which gave him a chance to escape.
- He was standing next to the captive Mr. Incredible, unaware that he would be able to capture him, and this would have happened if it hadn't been for the Mirage.
- He greatly underestimated the heroes and did not consider their abilities, which they managed to escape from.
- His plan to pose as a superhero was doomed from the start, as even if he succeeded, he would be subject to constant government scrutiny, and it is possible that the government would eventually discover his unscrupulous arms deals and genocide of various superheroes.
- Pretending to be a superhero who allegedly stops his own Omnidroid, he did it very deliberately, which is why the residents would hardly believe him. And he also did not consider that his own Omnidroid could attack him, which happened.
- When Jack-Jack, who was abducted by him, began to show his unusual abilities, he did not even think of abandoning him, but instead tried to kidnap him to the last, which eventually led to the Syndrome dying at the hands of Jack-Jack's parents.
- His death is played for satisfaction where he was way too surprised Mr. Incredible was physically retaliating to his obnoxious rant about how him destroying his son's future would be inevitable.
External Links[]
- Syndrome on the Villains Wiki
- Syndrome on the Disney Wiki
- Syndrome on the Pure Evil Wiki
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 Entertainingly Detestable
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